Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889
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Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889
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RULE 60. No Umpire, Manager, Captain or Player shall address the audience
during the progress of a game, except in case of necessary explanation.
RULE 61. Every Club shall furnish sufficient police force upon its own
grounds to preserve order, and in the event of a crowd entering the field
during the progress of a game, and interfering with the play in any
manner, the Visiting Club may refuse to play further until the field be
cleared. If the ground be not cleared within fifteen minutes thereafter,
the Visiting Club may claim, and shall be entitled to, the game by a score
of nine runs to none (no matter what number of innings have been played).
GENERAL DEFINITIONS.
RULE 62. "Play" is the order of the Umpire to begin the game or to resume
play after its suspension.
RULE 63. "Time" is the order of the Umpire to suspend play. Such
suspension must not extend beyond the day of the game.
RULE 64. "Game" is the announcement by the Umpire that the game is
terminated.
RULE 65. "An Inning" is the term at bat of the nine players representing
a Club in a game, and is completed when three of such players have been
put out as provided in these Rules.
RULE 66. "A Time at Bat" is the term at bat of a Batsman. It begins when
he takes his position, and continues until he is put out or becomes a Base
Runner; except when, because of being hit by a pitched ball, or in case of
an illegal delivery by the Pitcher, as in Rule 44.
RULE 67. "Legal" or "Legally" signifies as required by these Rules.
SCORING.
RULE 68. In order to promote Uniformity in Scoring Championship Games,
the following instructions, suggestions and definitions are made for the
benefit of scorers, and they are required to make all scores in accordance
therewith.
BATTING.
SEC. 1. The first item in the tabulated score, after the player's name
and position, shall be the number of times he has been at bat during the
game. The time or times where the player has been sent to base by being
hit by a pitched ball, by the pitcher's illegal delivery, or by a base on
balls shall not be included in this column.
SEC. 2. In the second column should be set down the runs made by each
player.
SEC. 3. In the third column should be placed the first base hits made by
each player. A base hit should be scored in the following cases:
When the ball from the bat strikes the ground within the foul lines, and
out of reach of the fielders.
When a hit ball is partially or wholly stopped by a fielder in motion,
but such player cannot recover himself in time to handle the ball before
the striker reaches First Base.
When a hit ball is hit so sharply to an infielder that he cannot handle
it in time to put out the batsman. In case of doubt over this class of
hits, score a base hit, and exempt the fielder from the charge of an error.
When a ball is hit so slowly towards a fielder that he cannot handle it
in time to put out the batsman.
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