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If after two strikes a foul tip is batted and muffed by the catcher, it is a
strike.

The penalty for an illega. batted ball is a strike.

if the batsman strikes at the ball and misses it but the ball hits him, it is
not a strike.

A batsman is out if he fails to take his position at the bat in which his
name appears on the batting ordere

A batsman is out if he fails to take his position within one minute after the
umpire has called for hime

The base-runner must retouch the bases in reverse order when obliged to return
while the ball is in pley.

The base=-runner must touch each base in legal ordere

If a runner who is standing on bese is struck by a fair batted ball when the
umpire calls an infield fly, the runner is declared out.

If a fair hit ball strikes the umpire on fair ground it is not dn play.

The batter goes to first base on a balk, because a balk qualifies him as a
base runnere

If a thrown ball strikes a coacher on foul ground the ball shall be considered
deade

If the catcher interferes with the batsman while a base-runner is attempting
to steal a base, the base-runner shall be permitted to advance to that base.

If the umpire gets in the wey of the catcher by accident, the runner cannot
have the benefit of the mishap to the catcher, but must go back to his
originel basee

The base-runner is out if he fails to avoid a fielder attempting to field a
batted ball. :

A fly ball is always a force play with a runner on first and second.

“If a base-runner passes a preceding base-runner before such runner has been

legally put out he shell be declared out immediately.
If the coacher runs toward home to disconcert the fielder, base-runner is out.
Base-runner is out if teammates collect on basee
A coacher may not address words of assistance to the base-runners or to the
batsman e
A run cam be scored if the third man ¢e out is forced out or is put out before
—~ he reaches first base.
Umpires in Amateur games have equally as much authority as those in professional
games except that fines are not imposed in amateur gamese
The umpire-in-chief shall take position back of first base.
The field umpire calls balls and strikese
The umpire-in=chief alone s¥Pll have authority to declare a game forefeited.
There shall be no appeal from any decision of any umpire on feir or foul
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General Definitions (fill in blanks)

is the order of the umpire to begin the game.
is the order of the umpire to suspend play.

 

An is the term at bat of the nine pleyers representing a club in a

game and is completed when three of such players have been legally declared
out o

A is the term at bat of a batsman.
A

shall be credited to the base-rumner whenever he advances
a base unaided by a base hét, a put out, or a fielding or battery errore