The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-18
TO SETTLE DISPUTES
Paste the Following in the
Day Book.
Errors Which Must be Scored as
Such IL the Rules are Followed to
the Letter.

Changes OF considerable importance
were made in the scoring rules by
the iOsnt committee of both league
and newspaper men yesterday. The
changes adocated by the Baseball
Wrihers association were nearly all
adopted.
Many points in Scoring bases stolen
and errors were made, The most no
jceable was the Insertion OF a clause
giving the pitcher an error on a wild
pitch that results In the DatsmaL
reaching fret base. If the catcher
lets the third strike go past he draws
an error. The summary Is more COM
plete than formerly. The rules as
amended read:
FIELDING RECORDS.
Sec. 6. The number of opponents,
III any, put out by each player shall
be set down in the fourth column.
Where the batsman is given out by
the umpire for a foul strike or falls
10 bat in proper order Tor Is declared
out ON three bunt stTikes) the put
out shall be scored to the catcher
In cases of the base runner beins
declared out for interference, run
ming out OF the line, or ON an In
field fly, the out should be credit
made the play but for the action of
the base rnunneH or the announce
ment Of the umpire.
ERRORS.
Sec 8. An error shall be given in
the sixth column for each mirplay
wlftch prolongs the time at bat OF the
batsman or allows a base rmner u
make one or moe bases when perfect
play would have insured his beinA
punt out. A passed bad or wild pitch
on which batsman reaches first base
shall be counted an error. But a
base on balls, a base awarded to a
batsman by being struck by a pitched
ball, an illegal pitch and a balk,
each of which is battery and not a
fieldtng eTOr, shall not be Included
an the sixth column.
Except THAT the catcher shall be
charged with an error where a passed
bal is the third strike on batter
and allows the batter TO gain first
base.
An error shall not be charged
ashtnst the catcher FOR wild throw
an an attempt to prevent a stolen
base, unless the ba-e runner advance
an extra base because of the error
An error shall not be scored
against the catcher or an infielder
VINO attempts to complete a double
play unless the throw be 50 wild that
an additional hl.e be gained.
In case a base runner advance a
base through the failure OF a base.
man to stop or try 20 stop a ball ac-
Gu ately thrown 10 his base, the lat.
ter shall be charged with an error
and net the player who made such
throw, provided that there was o.
casion for 1t. If such throw be made
TO second base, the scouer shall de-
dernlne whether the second baseman
or sholtstnp shall be charged with
an error.
In event Of a fielder dropping a
ily, but recOYeling the ball i'm time
Co force batter at another base no
small be exempted from an error, the
pay being scored as |foIoe out"
sec T. The number of times, if
any, each player asaists in putting
out an opponent shall be set down i'm
The ilfth column. An ASST should
be given TO each player who handles
ahe bail in aiding run out or any
oeher play of the kind. except the
one who completes Il
An assist should be given 10 a
prayer who makes a pay IN time IN
put a runner out, even If the PLAYER
VINO could complete the play fails
Through no fault of the assistinA
player. 70
And generally an assist should IN.
gwen TO each playel who handles on
assists IN any manner in handling
Une Dall from the times il leaves the
uat until ii reaches the player who
makes the put out, on in case NJ a
InIo"n ball, to each player who
throws or handles n cleanly, ana in
such a way that a put out results
or Woelld result if no errors were
made by teammate
Assists should be credited IN eve.rv
player who handles the hall in tbo
pay which results in a base runner
Delhg called out for interference or
LOT running out of line.
double play shall mean anu ,n,o
uonunnous put outs that take nlare
OeOween the time the ball leaves the
Ptchers hands until ii is returned 40
box P'0"er .
STOLEN BASES.
sec =. A stolen base shall be