. Outdoor sports and pastimes. Correct rules for lawn tennis, base ball, racquets, lacrosse, polo, croquet, cricket, football, curling, quoits . g. Rule 6.—Should any player fail to be present when his turn comes, the nextin order shall play, and the formers game be forfeited, unless excused bya two-thirds vote of the contestants. Rule 7.—Should any player leave before he has played all his games, hisname and games shall be stricken from the list. Rule 8.—All disputed points shall be referred to an umpire, to be chosenbefore play by the contestants, and in case of his inability to decide, to t
. Outdoor sports and pastimes. Correct rules for lawn tennis, base ball, racquets, lacrosse, polo, croquet, cricket, football, curling, quoits . g. Rule 6.—Should any player fail to be present when his turn comes, the nextin order shall play, and the formers game be forfeited, unless excused bya two-thirds vote of the contestants. Rule 7.—Should any player leave before he has played all his games, hisname and games shall be stricken from the list. Rule 8.—All disputed points shall be referred to an umpire, to be chosenbefore play by the contestants, and in case of his inability to decide, to threereferees, to be chosen by the committee of arrangements. Rule 9.—Games shall be called by 8 a. m., and no game shall be begun after6 p. m. Rule 10.—All ties shall be played off in accordance with the above rules. Rule 11.—In case of darkness coming on during a game, the umpire shalldecide when the game shall stop, and if stopped, shall be continued first inorder the next morning. The social tournament games will be governed by the same rules as theprize tournament games. CORRECT DIAGRAM OF A BALL GROUND. Centre Left BASE BALL. National Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs, AS ADOPTED JOINTLY BY THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AND AMERICANASSOCIATION, 1889, AND GOVERNING ALL CLUBSPARTIES TO THE NATIONAL AGREEMENT. THE BALL GROUND. Rule 1. The ground must be an enclosed field, sufficient in size to enableeach player to play in his position as required by these Rules. Rule 2. The Infield must be a space of ground thirty yards square. THE 3. The bases must be— Sec. 1. Four in number, and designated as First Base, Second Base, ThirdBase and Home Base. Sec. 2. The Home Base must be of whitened rubber twelve inches square,so fixed in the ground as to be even with the surface, and so placed in the cor-ner of the infield that two of its sides will form part of the boundaries of saidinfield. Sec. 3. The First, Second and Third Bases must be canvas bags,
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