Information Sheet

 

 

R         Church Baseball League (Rolla, Mo.).

1144                Rule book, 1909.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

This single-sheet pamphlet contains the rules, schedule, and list of officials adopted on 22 June 1909 by the Church Baseball League at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri.  Teams represent­ing the Catholic, Christian, Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal, and Methodist churches participated in the league.

 

The Church Baseball League at Rolla was a serious undertaking, as admission (10¢) was charged and strict rules required actual attendance by the players at their respective church ser­vices.  In order to prevent teams from stocking up on “ringers,” no team could field more than two Rolla High School or Missouri School of Mines varsity players, and no “varsity” pitchers “or any one considered a regular pitcher” could take to the mound.  The teams played a double round-robin schedule at the MSM baseball field beginning on 23 June and ending on 30 August.

 

C. M. Knapp served as president of the league, with S. R. Hoover as vice-president, M. F. Faulkner as secretary, and Dr. W. H. Adams as treasurer.  Each team also named a manager and a captain.

 

 

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