Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 25
batsmens lines inclose two rectan-gular spaces, each 6 feet long and 4 feet ■wide,the nearest line being 6 inches distant from thehome-plate, and extending 3 feet in front and3 feet behind the center of that plate. Having thus marked out the field, we proceedto fix permanently the various points.… … LAVING OUT AN AMATEUR FIELD. and which answer the purpose quite satisfacto-rily. The home-plate is, by the rules, a whitenedpiece of rubber a foot square, sunk flush withthe ground, its outer edges being within thelines to first and third bases. An excellent sub-stitute for rubber is a piece of…
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