id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 19975 Ward, John Montgomery Base-Ball How to Become a Player, With the Origin, History and Explanation of the Game .txt text/plain 39164 1450 71 believes there are many points in the game of base-ball which can be in the memory of the men of that day base-ball had been played a long that it was a popular English game before base-ball was played here I am run, and in tip cat, a game of much greater antiquity than either baseball or rounders, the runner was out if hit by the ball when between be hit with the ball at any time when he was between bases he was out, ball has been fairly pitched over the home-base, whether a hit is "fair" A passed ball is a throw by the pitcher which the catcher should stop when to throw to second base to catch a runner leading off too far. Even on an in-field hit to the second baseman or short-stop the outfielder should move in at once, so as to be able to recover the ball ./cache/19975.txt ./txt/19975.txt