Arizona republican., 1911-06-03
BALL FANS GALLERY
 OF NOTABLES
ALEX J. CARTWRIGHT.
Who Introduced Baseball in New York.

It's fairly well settled-no matter what it's origin-that the present game of baseball in America had it's birth in New York, and that the man who intro duced it was Alex J. Cartwright There 'isnt great deal on record about Nr. .Cartwrights persOnality-but that he started the game which many millions now support would seem to be almost enough to know about him.
 Before we hear anything about Cart wright, We hear much about ''rounders' or town ball." which some say was baseball in the chrysallis Some say it wasn't anything of . the sort No mat ter. The point can't very well be set tied at this late day In town ball" there usually were eight players to the side. with five bases-for the bat ting plate and home plate were not the same. From the batter to the first base was about eight paces; from first to second 20 paces: from second to third l5 paces and from third to fourth 25 paces. There was pitcher. but no baSemen. Instead of the latter. there Were scouts placed around the field to put the runner out by hitting him with the yarn ball That was the game as played in Boston.
 New York boys. meeting first on a vacant lot. the site of the present Madi- son Square Garden, and late- on the Murray Hill grounds. played "one-two and -three-Old eat" That was before Alex J. Cartwright happened along He changed the game. He had something new to show the boys. and they liked it. He outlined the four sides Of diamond placed the angles ui-distant apart and marked each base with a stone. He re- tained three scouts to look after the hardhit balls. but he said these were not enough tO field game, SO he order ed a man to cover each base. That made eight men, pitcher. catcher, three basemen and three Outfielders. Cart wright hadn't thought anything about a shortstop. and so. when in 1S42. he showed the boys of New York base ball. they formed into "eights" instead of into hines"
 Cartwright and his mates formed the club. and match games were played. And very early they adapted a set of rules, and here they are:
 Section 1. The bases shall be from home" to second base forty-twO paces: from first to third base forty-two paces equi-distant
 Section ?. The game consists of 1 twenty-One counts or aces. but at the | an equal number of hands | must be played. |
 Section 8 The ball must be pitched | and not thrown for the bat
 Section 4. A ball knocked outside | the range of the first or third base is | a fowl
 Section ,. Three balls being struck at | and missed and the last one caught. Is ! a handout: if not caught it considered | fair and the striker bound to run.
 Section G. A ball struck or tipped | and caught. either flying or first bound | is a hand out.
 Section :. A player. running the bas- es, shall be out if the ball iS in the | hands of an adversary on the base or the runner is touched by it before he | makes his base-it being understood | however that in no instance is the ball | to be thrown at him.
 Section 8. player running who | shall prevent an adversary from catch II ing or getting the ball before making his base is hand out.
 Section g. If two hands are alerady II put, player running home at the time the ball is struck at cannot make an ace if the striker .is caught out.
 Section 10. T1ree hands out. all ont.
 St ction r. Papers must iake their ,ir'ke in eula' turn.
 Section F. No ace or base can be made on a foul strike.
 Section 13. A runner cannot be put put in making one base when a balk s made by the pitcher.
 Section IA. But one base allowed when the ball bounds out of the field when struck.
 Not a great deal of change in the 'ules, eh, since the Knickerbockers for nulated the foregoing siXty-siX years Igo?
 TOMORROW-Harr Wright, first T .f,.t