Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-03-26
BASEBALL RULES
ARE CHANGED
MANY MATTERS ARE DISCUSSED AND DECISIONS
RIVED AT BY JOINT COMMITTEE = ALL ROWDYsM MUST
CEASE ON DIAMONDS.

be designated as the umpire In
chief" the umpire Judging base ue-
cisions as the field umpire"
RULE 81 - THE UMPIRE IN
CHIEF. Section /. The umpire In
chief shall take position back of the
catcher he shall have full charge
of and be responsible for the pro-
per conduct of the game. With ex-
ception Of the base decisions to be
made by the field umpire. the um.
pire in chief shall render all the
decisions that ordinarily would de-
yolve upon single umpire, and
which are prescribed for the UNI.
pire" in these playing rules.
Section 2. lie shall call and count
as a ball" any unfair ball deliver
ed by the pitcher to the batsman.
He shall also call and count as a
strike" any fairly delivereN ball
which passes over any portion Of
the home base and within the bats
mans legal range as defined In Rule
81, whether struck at or not by the
batsman; or a foul tip which Is
caught by the catcher standing
within the lines of his position,
within 10 feet Of the home base; or
which, after being struck at and not
hit, strikes the person of the bats
man; or when the bail be hunted
foul by the batsman; or any foul
hit ball not caught on the fly unless
the batsman has two strikes. provid-
ed, however, that pitched ball shall
not be called or counted ball" or
strike" by the umpire until II has
passed the home plate.
Section 3. He shall render base
decisions In the following Instances:
l(D II the ball is hit fair, with a
runner on first, he must go to third
base to take possible decision; (2)
with more than one base occupied
he shall decide whether or not a run
ner on third leaves that base be-
fore a fly ball is caught; go In case
of q runner being caught between
| third and home, when more than
one base is occupied. he shall make
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ms rsmov,rg from, tho game n,avers
who y,o,ate these rules
puIEsa M APPEAL, rRo,,
nrCIsIoNs pAsED on IrNpIR
ITrncNENr rhara anal h. M an.
neal from any decision of either UNI.
pire on the ground that he was no,
lcorrect I'm his conclusion as to wne
lther a batted ball was fair or foul
La base runner safe or out, a pitcheC
bali a strike or ball. or any othel
play involving accuracy of Judgment
land no decision rendered by hin
shall be reversed. except that he b'
convinced that 1t is In violation o
one OF these rules. The captain shall
alone have the right to protes
against decision and seek Its re
versa on a ciaim that u Is III con
hict win section OF these ruies
In case the captain docs seek re
Versai OF dec's'oh oasea so'e'y VI
point Oh ruies, 'he umpire n'aAn'
the decision shaii. u ne Is III uoup
ask MS associate TOT information o1
J Iore acting on '"e sap'"'" "ppea'
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