. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. Manufacturers tie-ing for the last place. There was more real enthusiasm in theleagues doings among their fellow-employes than any otherleague in the city, but the necessarily short season in the millin-ery business prevents them from rounding into the form of theplayers in other of the leagues. Maccabees Base Ball League Among the secret societies which organized and crjtnppedbase ball leagues in 1904 there was none in which more interestwas displayed than the Maccabees, which started well in themiddle of t


. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. Manufacturers tie-ing for the last place. There was more real enthusiasm in theleagues doings among their fellow-employes than any otherleague in the city, but the necessarily short season in the millin-ery business prevents them from rounding into the form of theplayers in other of the leagues. Maccabees Base Ball League Among the secret societies which organized and crjtnppedbase ball leagues in 1904 there was none in which more interestwas displayed than the Maccabees, which started well in themiddle of the season and played a successful fourteen-gameschedule. The King Bees proved to be the class of the league,while Belle Plaine, Owl and Watier Camps tied for secondplace, Larrabee and Fullerton tieing for fifth place. The standing at the finish of the 1904 pennant race was asfollows: W. L. King Bees 10 4 .715 Belle Plaine 8 o .C25 Owls 8 5 .025 Watier 8 5 . Larrabee 7 7 ./)() Fullertons 7 7 J/)() Lake Views 6 8 .420 Northern Lights 0 13 .000 CORRECT DIAGRAM OF A BALL FIELD. Emlarged Section Showing ^y Home Base. B. eTs M SPALDINGS OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. =Da OrnCIAL PLAYING RULES OF PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL CLUBS =? As adopted at the meeting: of the Joint Playing Rules Committee of the National League and the American League. These Rules have also been adopted by The National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues. The Ball Ground. The ball ground must be enclosed andRULE 1. sufficient in size to permit the players ofthe team not at bat to be stationed at thepositions respectively assigned to them by their obviate the necessity for ground rules, the shortestdistance from a fence or stand on fair territory to thehome base should be 235 feet and from home base to thegrandstand, 90 feet. To Lay Off the Field. To lay off the lines defining the locationRULE 2. of the several bases, the catchers and thepitchers position and establishing the boun-daries requ


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