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...Boston, and A. J. Reach of Philadelphia, offered bids for furnishing the official balls for next season. The matter was referred to the judiciary committee which reported in favor of the Wright and Ditson ball. Messrs. Wright and Ditson were also authorized to publish the college baseball records and rules. Applications for membership were then received, and delegates from Dartmouth and St. John's College, Fordham, N. Y., appeared before the convention. The application of St. John's College was rejected, but arrangements were made with Dartmouth by which they will play all their games with Harvard, Yale and Princeton...
Messrs. Crocker and LeMoyne our delegates to the baseball conference, advocated the adoption of the new "six ball" rule...
...Historical Society," ends his communication by saying that "whatever can be done to retain the seats in Sever for the grown up people shall be done." It was painfully evident to every student who came to the last lecture later than a quarter past seven, that this rule had not been enforced, unless, indeed, we class the students themselves as infants. As a rough guess, I should say that nearly a quarter of the seats in the hall were occupied by boys from the Cambridge schools, probably, some of whom, to judge by their looks, will soon be old enough...
...expected that there will be considerable discussion on Friday at the Inter-collegiate Base-ball Convention in regard to the new rule of the national league, limiting the pitcher to six called balls in place of seven. If the rule is adopted, it will of course give a great advantage to pitchers who have good control of the ball, and likewise be detrimental to those who have not. We strongly favor the new rule, however, for the reason that it gives the batsman a fairer show to hit the ball, and will tend to greatly raise the batting averages which...
...proved to be so great as to call for faculty interference, or even to excite apprehension. All the evils, real or imaginary, connected with ball playing, are reduced to a minimum when the students meet "professionals." They meet them simply for practice. Betting is, as a rule, precluded by the fact that the result is generally a forgone conclusion, and men bet on only doubtful issues. Off the field there is no more intercourse between the students and the "professionals" than is necessary to transact the business attending the match. In the game one nine is in the field, while...