The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-26
Changes IN the Rules

amendments to the playing code Of
baseball were officially adopted by the
joint rules committee of the National
and American leagues in session at
Chicago, Feb. 8, and ratified by the
two major leagues at their meetings
Feb. 10. Other changes will follow
day by day. Paste them in your hat,
the seasons coming
Amend Rule "A. Section 1, to read as
follows:
1. If rain fall so heavily as in the
judgment Of the umpire to prevent
continuing the game, in which case
ne shall note the time of suspension,
and If, at the end of thirty minutes
rain shall continue to fall, the umpire
shall be the sole judge of whether or
not resumption of play is going to be
possible, and he alone shall have the
authority to continue waiting or to
terminate the game.
Amend Sec. 2, by adding the follow
ing:
Provided, that in case Of accident
to player or players in attempting
to make play on either a batted or
thrown BAH, Time shall not be called
until, in the judgment of the umpire,
no further play is possible"
Add to last line of Sec. 8, Rule "A,
"or in case of accident to player or
umpire
The Intentional Pass.
1t shall be Illegal for the catcher to
leave his natural position Immediately
and directly back of the plate for the
purpose of aiding the pitcher to inten-
tionally giving a base on balls to a
batsman.
If the catcher shall move out of his
position prior to the time of the ball
leaving the pitchers hand, all runners
on bases shall be entitled to advance
one base.
Amend Rule 80 by adding the follow
ing new section:
Sec. Q. At no time during the pro-
gress Of the game shall the pitcher be
allowed to Cd apply foreign sub
stance of any kind to the ball; (2) ex-
pectorate either on the ball or his
glove; CD to rub the ball on his glove
person or clothing, or ca to deface
the ball in any manner or to deliver
what SCALED the shine ball, spit ball,
mud ban or emery ball. For viola
ton of any provision of this rule the
pitcher shall be ordered from the
game, and be barred from participa-
ton in any championship contest for
a period of ten days"
NOTE: In adopting the foregoing
rule against freak deliveries it is I'M
derstood and agreed that all bonifide
spit-ball pitchers shall be certified to
their respective presidents Of the
American and National leagues at
least 10 days prior to April IA. next,
and that the pitchers so certified
Il O
the rule SO far as it relates to the spit
1920.
Amend Rule IA. Sec. 4, by substitu-
ting the following:
"In event of the tall being intention
ally discolored by any player, either
by rubbing it with the soil. or by ap-
plying rosin, paraffine, 1icorice, or any
other foreign substance to it, or other
wise Intentionally damaging or rough
ening the same with sand or emery
paper or other substance, the umpire
shall forthwith demand the return of
that ball, and substitute for it another
legal ball, and the offending player
shall be disbarred from further par
ticipation in the game. If, however.
the umpire cannot detect the violator
Of this rule, and the ball is delivered
to the bat by the pitcher. then the
latter shall be at once removed from
the game, and as an additional penalty
shall be automatically suspended for
period of ten days.
The following resolution was intro
duced by Jack Sheridan, Of ST. Louis
and adopted by the rules committee:
Resolved that 1t be the sense OF the
Joint rules committee than an official
diamond for boys under 16 years of
age be as follows: From home to
first base, 50 feet: first to second base,
50 feet: second to third base. so feet:
third to home plate 80 feet: Home to
second base us feet. 111h inches:
From home plate to pitching plate so
feet and that the official ball for boys
under 16 years OF age shall not be
larger than 3D. inches in circumfer.
ence and shall not weigh more than
Az ounces, and that such diamond
will be found in the official baseball
guides Of 1920. Presidents Heydler
and Johnson have been asked to APP
roint a committee to confer with the
nlaying grounds associations through
ont the country to adopt this as the
. official boys diamond.
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