It is expected that there will be considerable discussion on Friday at the Inter-collegiate Base-ball Convention in regard to the new rule of the national league, limiting the pitcher to six called balls in place of seven. If the rule is adopted, it will of course give a great advantage to pitchers who have good control of the ball, and likewise be detrimental to those who have not. We strongly favor the new rule, however, for the reason that it gives the batsman a fairer show to hit the ball, and will tend to greatly raise the batting averages which were so low last year. It will also make the games more exciting and interesting than those of last year, where in some cases two or three scratch hits were all that were made.
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