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Two-column story headed Rules Must Be Obeyed, Changes Are Beneficial, with the subhead Coaches Will Be Barred From Stopping Runners Who Are Not Watching the Progress of the Ball, reporting 1914 rule changes: coaches may no longer physically stop base runners, a runner takes two bases if a player stops a thrown ball with his uniform or a thrown glove, the pitcher may now stand on the slab, and the leagues traded interpretations of the infield fly and balk rules.

Rules Must Be Obeyed; Changes Are Beneficial

Harrisburg Telegraph
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania · 1914

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