Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-15
ATHLETIC FEDERATION
TO CONTROL BASEBALL
Committee Meets and Adopts Rules
and bylaws to Govern Sport
During the Summer.
WILL BE BANNER sEAsol
Many Additional Leagues Will DO
Formed and Contests Promise to
BE Close-Registratio Blanks May
Be Secured From Members.

BE CloSe-ReSistratiOn Blanks May
Be Secured From Members.
Al a meeting of the Richmond Anna
teur Athletic Federation baseball COM
nittce.. the following rules and regu-
lations to govern amateur baseball In
this city and vicinity for the season
or 1915 were passed
The outlook for the sport the coming
season is the brightest In the city's
history. and it is assured that there
Will be many more leagues under the
federation than ever before.
Registration blanks will be ready in
short time and can be secured by
applying TIC Chairman insolvency or
any meiIber of the committee. The
rules and bylaws follow:
Constitution and bylaws OF the Richmond
mittee, season 1915:
Article !. Name-Thc name of this organ
i.ation shall be Federation Baseball.
Article Object-The object of this or
ganiZatiun shall be to place purely amateur
TO protect and promote the interest Of
purely amateur players. teams and leagues.
amateur baseball and athletics in Richmond nd
and vicinity.
- Article r, ds.. 3 Memeership-,Tho membership
nond and vicinity composed OF purely anna
tenr teams made up OF purely amateur play
ers and registered as such.
Article 4. Government-For the control OF
Federation Baseball In Richmond and vicin-
pointed by the federation and acting under
tho supervision OF the executive committee
is as follows: George Insolvency.. chairman;
=. Z: Hotz ;,;,J 5r' Ieeretary; DR. William H
Crump.
The management of each, league shall be
Of the Of eaeh DaT in tho
ana and! president elected by tho managers,
N
league.
Article 8. .EliEiblity-Any baseball League
to play under the federation, provided chat
each team In the league he composed OF
Tho le"Enss have satistac.ory' ' piay Wing
grounds: that president has been elected
luton and bylaws OF the Federation Base Base
ball committee have been adopted.
BYLAWS.
Section / Duties of the Federation Base
ball committee-'ro set the date for the OPEN
Ing and closing of all leagues. To see that
are registered with each team To grant
fnar T to Leagues. To pass upon trans
player, team or League. To enforce fines
and penalties imposed by managers or pres
dent or any team league. TO pass upon
the eIIgibiity of every player before player
me Or to sas To ,sn assist any League
do So To expend such sums OF money re-
s ssry to norp ne
TO conduct and govern post season cham
series GAMES and finally to take such a nteps
as VIII enhance the educationnl value of
70 nrSer ne IDEALS to Of eurs
ninnteurism.
Section q, Duties OF each Ieague-Each
playing, grounds. It's own umplres make its
own rules and manage, Its own affairs sub
Ject only to the general rules OF the fedora
ton committee rs herein set down.
Section 3. Standard OF amateurIsm-An
amateur Is ono who has never competed
received
reGtly or Indirectly for competing In attn
instructions in any athletic sport; also anna,
,eurs. who play with professionals or any
Section 1. ReEistra .,on-Every playing
me OF shS se nG%dns the play
/, Federation Baseball committee. The player
T ns , sEns a. % is the propsr,y Of
registration to the end of the playing sea-
the sss"ssa G5 ne
written consent of the manager Of his team
conntersirned by the chairma rl' and sec n"u
tnry OF the Federation Baseball committee.
section 5 Notwithstanding baseball
PLAYER In Richmond an. vicinity desiring to
played on IA team with professionals. but
has not himself received money for his SER
vices az n player coach. official or director
nature. will he eligible for reinstatement ms
1915 II said reinstated player violates any
rnlcs Of the Richmond Amateur Athletic
Federation or Amateur Athletic Union re-
EardinE amatcurism at any future time he
shall he deharred from all Richmond ANA
further opportunity OF reinstatement. II at
the end of one year from mis- date OF rein
statement he has lived up to all the rules
governing amateur sport laid down by
| the Amateur Athletic Union the Richmond
Amateur Athletic Federation executive COM
, mtitee Will approve his application for rein
! statement to the Richmond registration com
! mitee. which Will make him eligible for nil
branches of sport locally and nationally Ali
have the approval of the Federation Baseball
committee. and then passed on by the ex-
ccutive committee.
Section c. Playing rules-The official play
| Ing rules shall he those which govern the
National and American Leagues for the
season o. 1875 except that the ball to be
used may be any ball OF the same weight
| size and standard and used officially In
some major or minor league.
Section Z. Uniforms-Every team in eyerv
I League shall be properly uniformed.
| Section Protest--A protest must he
made at the end of Il regular league game
| In the presence OF the captains and managers
! of both teams and the umpres or unpire
| who oflciated. This being done the pro
test must he pu, In writing and mailed or
hours after the verbal protest was made
| The postmark VIII denote the time protest
| was mailed. The president OF each League
shall settle all protest OF his league hut n
! majority or teams In any league may appeal
the verdict OF the president and reuuest n
! review by the Federation Baseball commit
| tee.