The New York herald., 1921-12-18

which shall not be broken up to take
In members that may afterward appear !;
but. in all cases. members shall have
the preference. when present. at the
making of a match.
Z. If members appear after the game
is commenced they may be chosen In IL
It is mutually agreed upon.
s. The game to consist Of twenty-one
counts. or aces; but at the conclusion
an equal number of hands must be
played.
9. The ball must be pitched. and not
thrown, for the bat.
10. A bah knocked out the field. or
outside the range of first or third base
is foul
IL Three balls being struck at and
missed. and the last one caught, Is
fair and the striker bound to run.
IL. If a ball be struck or tipped. and
caught. either flying or on the first
hard out of not caught Is considered
bound, 1t is hand out.
13. A player running the bases shall
be out if the ball Is in the hands of an
adversary on the base or the runner is
touched with 1t before he makes his base.
IL being understood that in no instance
is q ball to be thrown at him.
IA. A player running who shall pre-
vent an adversary from catching or get
ting the ball before he make his base
is a hand out.
Is. Three hands out. an out
16. Players must take their strike In
regular turn.
II. All disputes and differences rela-
tive to the game to be decided by the
umpire, from which there is no appeal.
IS. No ace or base can be made on a
foul strike.
10. A runner cannot be put out in
making one base when a balk Is made
by the pitcher.
20. But one base allowed when ball
bounds out of the field when struck.
Changes I'm 1854.
In 1854 these rules were amended and
added to at n meeting In which the
Knickerbocker, Gotham and Eagle clubs
were represented. 1t was provided that
the distance from home to the pitcher
was TO be not less than fifteen PAGES. A
new rule was framed as follows:
Players must make the bases In tho
order of striking, ard when fair ball
is struck and the striker not put out, the
first base must be vacated as well as the
next base or bases IL similarly occupied
players may be put out, under these cir
cumstances. in the same manner as when
running TO first base"
Further progress may be noted In this
new rule: "A player shall be out if
any timo when off base he shall be
touched by the ball in the hands of an
adversary" Another addition was this:
IF two hands are already out the player
running home at the time a ball is
struck cannot make an ace If the striker
is caught out"
The first move toward the standard
ization of the ball may be noted in this
rule: The ball shall weigh from five
and half to six ounces and be from
two and three-quarters to three and a
half inches in diameter" Rather a wide
latitude in the size OF the ball. but an
attempt to get some sort of standard
sphere.
Old Memories, All!
The old Knickerbockers grew and be-
came tho leading baseball organization
In the country. We read OF annual
meetings at McLean's Hotel, at 81
Walker street: Schwartz's Hotel at IA
Dey street, and Smiths, at 35 Howard
sreet. These hostelries went years and
years ago. Even the famous Stevens
House. the brilliant Astor House, the
Eastern--all gone.
On April 2i. 1s49. tho FIRST uniform
adopted Dy n DaseDall cluD was approved
by the Knickerbockers. II was voted TO
wear blue woollen spantaloons. white
flannel shirts. chip straw hats. The
straw bonnets proved troublesome. as
we'll might be imagined. and they were
discarded.
After the Knickcrbocker came the
Gotham. then the Eagle. and the Wash
ington. tho Union OF Brooklyn. Empire.
Excelsior which first had grounds at
the foot of Court street In Brooklyn:
Star, Greenburg of Dobbs Ferry. Eclec-
tlc, Pallsade OF Englowood. Eckford.
Newark, Mutual. Baltic. Jefferson. Char
ter Oak of Brooklyn. Athletics of Phlla-
delphla, Liberty of New Brunswick. En-
terprlse. Olympic Of Paterson, Hudson
River of Newburgh. Atlantic OF Ioboken,
Union of Morrisania, st. Nicholas. AL
tic. Pallsade of Englewood. Eckford.
many clubs have come and gone since
that day: a good many home runs have
been hit good many records have been
made. And the game Is still advancing
In every way.
Patterson Back at Colgate.
Special Dispatch TO THE New YoRK HERALD.
HAMILTON. N. Y, Dec. 1.-THE Colgate