The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-28

announce the batteries, and dur
ing the progress OF the game shall
announce each change of PLAYERS. In case
OF an overflow crowd, he shall announce
the special ground rules agreed upon. and
he shall also make announcement of any
agreement entered Into by the two cap
tains TO stop play at a specified hour)
Rule 74-Suspension Of Play.
The umpire shall suspend play for the
following causes:
First-if rain fall so heavily as Qn
the judgment OF the umpire 10 prevent
continuing the game), in which case he
shall note the time OF suspension and
should rain iall continuously for thirty
minutes thereafter he shall terminate the
game.
Second-In case Of an accident which
incapaCitatcs him or player from serv-
Ice i'm the field or in order To remove
from the grounds any player or specta-
tor who has violated the rules. or in case
OF llre, panic or other extraordinary cir
cumstanCcS,
Third-In suspending play from any le-
gal cause The umpire shall call 1'tme;"
when he calls time" play shall be sus-
pended until he calls play" again, and
during the interim no player shall be put
out, base be run or run be scored.
"Timc" shall not be called by the UNI
pire until the ball be held by the pitcher
while standing in his position,
Rule 75-Field Rules.
No person shall he allowed upon any
part OF the field during the progress OF
q game except the players in uniform, the
manager OF each side. the umpire, such
officers OF the law may be present In
uniform, and such watChmen of the home
club as may he necessary TO preserve the
peace.
Rulc 76D No manager. captain or
player shall address the spectators dur
Ing a game except In reply 10 request
for information about the progress or
state of the game (or to give the name of
q playcr)-
Note-Thc additions to and rearrange-
mcnt OF the rules beginning with rule 60
have been made with the view OF moro
clearly defining tho duties of the UNI
piresI
Scoring Rules.
In rule 81. section Z. the last sentence
each player who handles the ball I'm aid
ing In ruu-out or any other play of
the kind. (even though he complete the
play by making the put-outD
Section of same rule, paragraph l, TO
read as follows:
Section s. An error shall be given in
the sixth column for each p1isplay which
pruopgs the time at bat OF the bats
man or allows q basc-runner 10 make
one or more bases when perfect play
would have insured his being put out.
But base on balls, base awarded TO
q batSman by being struck by pitched
ball. ball5 a passed hall or wild pitch
shall not he included in the sixth col
umn.
TNote-Excmpling all wild pitches and
passed balls from error column, as prior
10 year 1909.
Section of same rule, paragraph 2,
defined rs follows.
(1n event OF II double or triple steal |
being attempted where either runner Is |
thrown out the other or others shall not
be credited with stolen basc.D
Add new section 10 10 rule So, as fol- |
lows.
Wild Pitch, Passed Ball.
(scction 10. Wild pitch is a legally |
delivered ball so high, low or wide OF |
the plate that the catcher cannot or does !
not stop and control il with ordinary cf-
fort and as q result the batsman. who |
becomes base-runner on such pitched |
BAH. reaches first base or base runner
advances
a passed BAN is a legally delivered
bail that tho catcher should hold or cen
troll with ordinary effort. but his failure
TO do so enables the batsman, who be-
comes base-TuUBcr on such pitched ball
to reach first base or q base runner TO
Respectfully submitted.
G. III. SOMERS. Chairman,
CHARLES \. COMlSKEG, H
E. y SUIBE.
=. j. LYNCH.
CLARK GRIFFITH.
JOHN \. HEY DIsER. Secretary
Joint Rulcs Committee.