. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. nd to none in the United States of America, citherin social standing or as correct exponents of the game. Thesecession of the Confederate. States soon after, and thesanguinary civil war which followed, was a serious interrup-tion to national or other sports, and base ball becamealmost obsolete till the season of 1865. Then it began to^read throughout the Union, and to be recognized as aprofession, not a few devoting their whole time to it andbeing paid for their services. Now there are hundredsof games p
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. nd to none in the United States of America, citherin social standing or as correct exponents of the game. Thesecession of the Confederate. States soon after, and thesanguinary civil war which followed, was a serious interrup-tion to national or other sports, and base ball becamealmost obsolete till the season of 1865. Then it began to^read throughout the Union, and to be recognized as aprofession, not a few devoting their whole time to it andbeing paid for their services. Now there are hundredsof games played for every one ten years since. In the summer of 1874 the Boston Base Ball Club and the AthletioBase Ball Club of Philadelphia crossed the Atlantic andplayed a series of exhibition matches in England andIreland ; but, as anticipated, the pastime did not find favourwith Englishmen or take root in British soil The scene chosen for the pastime should be a clear levelpiece of turf, not less than 500 feet by 350 fe?t. Thefollowing diagram shows the laying out of the ground. Fccrer o ^^. f^ann. BallTtot Stfp fiijftl-/V«i ^flgfll Cenlreiieldtr OUT-nELD Diagram illustrating the Game of Base BalL The position of the bases and base lines may be likened to a SOfeet square siiaped diirniond. The first point to be selected is tljerear augle of the home base, which should le not less than 90 feetfrom the most suitable end of the ^ound, and equi-distant fromeach side. Lay out this base 1 foot square, and from the frontapex measure 127 feet 4 inches in a straight line down the ground,and the point reached will be the centre of the second base, lakea cord, 180 fe i, long, fixing one end on the front angle of the homebase, and the other on the centre of the second base. By haulingthe centre of this cord taut on the two sides, two isosceles rightangled triangles will be formed, and the 90 feet square on the home baae and looking down the ground, the apexof the triangle on
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