The Washington herald., 1910-02-28

The joint rules committee of the major
leagues. composed of c. w Somers,
chairman; Charles A. Comiskey b. F.
Shibe. T. J. Lynch. Clark Griffith, and
John A. Heydler. secretary, have promul-
gated the official changes in the playing
code.
To rule % a new section has been added,
which reads as follows:
Section l. Whenever one player is substituted for
another whether as batsnan base-runner, or fielder
the captain Of the side making the change must
immediately notify the umpire who, IN t'ITn. must
announce the slme TO the spectators. ms OF ,
shall be assessed by the umpire against the captain
for each violation Of this rule, and the president Of
the league shall impose similar me against the
umpire who after having been notified Of change,
fails TO make pTDTer announcement. Play shaH ne
SUSPENDED while announcement Is being made. and
the player substituted shall become actively engaged
ia the game Immediately upon his captains notice Of
the change TO the umpire.
Rule 81 has a new section, No. Z. which
reads:
II thrown or pitched ball strike the person OF
clothing Of an umpire foul ground, the ball shall
be considered in play and the base-unner or rum
ncrs shall be entitled 10 all the bases they can make
Rule 50, governing runners returning to
bases, has new sections, 6 and Z which
read:
If the umpire be struck by fair hit ball before
touching a fielder, Illegally hatted bali shall be
declared IN which base shall be nun unless
necessitated b. the batsman becoming baserunner
and shall be scored unless all the bases are
occupied.
II the umpire declares the batsnan or another
tasernner out for Interference.
The duties of the umplres are more
clearly defined by rules 81, 60, and So, as
follows
RULE s0-UMPIRES AND THEIR DUTIES.
The umpires are the representatives Of the league.
ard as such authorized and required 10 enfoTce
each section Of this eOde They shall have the power
10 order a player, captain. manager to DO or
omit 10 do any act which in their Judgment IS nee
essary give force and effect 10 all Of these
rules. and 70 iufct penalties for violations Of the
rules, as hereinafter prescribed. In order 70 denne
their respective duties the umpire judging the balls
and strikes shall be designated the umpire in
chief. the umpire Judging base decisions as the
field umpire
RULE 6l-THE UAIPIREIN-CHIEF.
Section l. The umpire-in-chief shall take position
hack q the catcher: be shall have fll charge OF and
b responsible for the poper conduct Of the game.
With exception Of the base decisions to be made hy
the field umpire the umpirein-chief shall render all
the decisions that ordinarily would devolve upon a
single umpire and which prescribed for the UNI
pFe 10 these playing rules.
Sec 2 He shah call and count as a bail any
unfair bah delivered by the pitcher to the batsnan.
He shall also cali and count as a strike any fairly
delivered hall which passes over any portion Of the
home base and within the batsman's 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 ten feet q the home base or which. after
being struck at ard not hit strikes the person Of
the batsman; when the ball be hunted foul by
the batanan: any foul hit ball not caught on
tie ~ unless the batsman has two strikes provided
however that 3 pitched bah shall not be called OF
counted bail strike by the umIie until it has
passed the home plate.
Sec 5 He shall render base decisions in the fol.
lowing instances: % If the bali il hit fair with a
runner first, he must 60 10 third base to take q
possible decision; ~ with more than one base oc-
cupied he shall decide whether OF not a runner on
third leaves that base before a fly ball Is caught
o. in case Of a runner being caught between third
and home. when more than one base IS occupied.
be shall make the decision the runner nearest the
home plate.
Sec. 4. Tie umpre-in-chief alone shall have su-
th0Tty TO declare a game forfeited.
RULE 62-THE FIELD UMPIRE.
Section L The field umpire shall take such post
lions the playing field in his judgment are best
suited for re rendering o base decisions He shall
render all decisions al first base and second base
and all decisions at third base except those to be
made by the ampire-n-Cief in accordance with sec
tion 3, rule 81.
Sec. . He shall aid the umIsre-in-chie in eyery
manner IN enforcing the rules Of the game, and
with the exception Of declaring a forfeiture. shall
have equal authority with the umpiTe-n-chief in
fning OF removing from the game players who NO
late these rules
RULE e..
There shall be no appeal from any decision Of
either umpire the ground that he was not correct
in his conclusion as to. whether halted hall was
fair or foul, laserinner safe not, a pitched
ball a strike ball. any other play involving
accuracy Of judgment, and no decision rendered by
him shall Re reversed EXCEPT that he be convinced
that il is in violation Of one Of these rules. The
captain shall alone have the right 20 protest against
decision ard seek its reversal on a claim that il
is IN conflict with a section % these rules In case
the CAPTAIN does sex a reversal u decision based
solely a point Of rules the umpire making the
decision shall, if he be in dcubt ask his associate
for information before acting on the captains arpeal
Under no Circumstances shall either umpire c1iticse
or interfere with decision unless asked 20 do so
by his associate.
To rule S. providing penalties for vio-
lations of the rules, are added these sec
tons:
Section The umpire shall asses a fire Of s.
against each offending player in the following cases:
an II the PLAYER Intentionally discolor OF damage
the ball. ~ if the player fail 20 lie serted on his
bench within one minute after being ortTed to do
so by the umpire; 90 If the PLAYER violate the
coaching rules and refuse 70 be seated the bench
when ordered 10 d. by the umpire "a if the
caTtsin fail 10 norfy him when one player is sub
stituted for another.
Sec. 3. In cases whore substitute players show
their disspproTal Of decisions by yelling from the
bench, the umpire shall first give warning If the
yelling continues. he shall fine each offender SO and
II the disturbance is persisted in he shall clear
the bench Of all substitute players the captain Of
the team, however. 20 have the privilege Of sending
10 the clubhouse for such substitutes as are needed
10 replace players IN the game.
These changes have been made in rules
II and 70:
RULE 72-ON GROUND RULES.
Section !. Before the commencement Of a game
the umpire shall that the rules governing all the
materials Of the game are strictly observed
See, In case Of spectators oveTh0Wing on the
playing field. the home captain shall make special
ground rules TO cover balls batted OF thrown into
the crowd provided such rules he acceptable to the
captain Of the visiting club. II the latter object
then the umpire shall have fun authority to make
and enforce such special rules and he shall an
noamce tie scope Of same IN the spectators
See. 3. II all cases where there are no spectators
on the PLAYING field. and where a thrown ball goes
into stand for spectators or over OF through ans
fence Surrounding the playing field on into the
PLAYERS bench whether the bali rebounds into the
field not the runner or runners shah be entitled
TO two bases. The umpire. in awarding such bases
Properly BreWed,