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London, August 1st, 1876.

To obviate the necessity for calling a general meeting ol*
representatives of clubs forming the Canadian Association of
Base Ball Players, it has been deemed expedient by the President
to submit certain amendments to the rules which if ad(^pted
will, it is believed, prove an advantage to Canadian Ball Players.

First. —-That Section of Rule IV., regarding called balls,
shall be amend' d so as tf) conform with the lule in use by
American amateurs a- id professionals, by substituting the word
third for mcojid in the fourth line of said section.

Second. — That Section 7, of Rule V., be amended to
conform with the American rules, by substituting tlie following :
Should a batsman fail to strike at a ball sent in by the pitcher
over the home-base, and within the specified reach of the bat,
the umpire .shall call " one strike," and when two such strikes
have been called, the umpire, on the delivery of the next fair
ball, shall warn the striker that he will call the third strike on
the next fair ball delivered, at which time (viz., when the third
strik-s is called) the batsman must run to first ba" .• as in the
ease of hitting a fair ball.

— Thiud. — That Section 0. of the Championship Code, be
erased.

It has been found that the rules regarding " called balls,"
and " strikes," are too favorable to the batter, and that Canadian
Games, as a consequence, do not com})are on the record with
American games of the same class, played under American rules.
Playing under different rules also leads to confusion, and a
change is very desirable.

The clause in the championship code is also considered
needlessly oppressive, and should be expunged.

Your club is earnestly invited to discuss the amendments
offered, and give their judgment upon them, which you will
please forivard to me at once, in the form of a direct " yea " or
"nay" to each of the three amendments. 1 would like to have
re])lies by Saturday, oth August, at farthest, so that the result
may be announced in next week's issue of the Canadian Sport-
ing Times, and New York (Supper.

Yours truly,

H. GORMAN,

Sec. Can. Ass'n B. B. Players.