Administrative manual New Haven-Adams Township Park and Recreation, New Haven, Indiana

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takes the ball, and throws it out into the playing field o He then
runs to first be.se a nd returns horneQ
50 Should he succeed in reaching home plate be.fore the
catcher steps on the base with the ball in his possession, a
run is recorded for the throwing teamo
60 Should the CATCHER, AFTER RECEIVING T HE BALL FROM
another FIELDER succeed in stepping on home base wlth the ball
in his possession berore the TROWER returns from first base. the
THRO'NER is out an.d no run is recorded ror his teamo
7 (!j The THROWE'"rl IS automatically out if a FIELDER catches the
throw bei'ore t he ball touches the grounde
80 After fielding a rairly thrown ground ball, a FIELDER must
throw it to the CATCt~R in order to pu the Thrower outo Ir he
tags the THROWER, steps on home base himself, or hands the ball
ot the CATC}ffiR, a run is scored for the THROWER'S team0
ge A throw which hits out;side the f'oul ina extended or
rolls outside between home base and either one of the other two
bases is a foul throw~ One roul puts the TfffiOWER OUT 0 '
10. A halr=1nning Is completed When rive THRO~~S have each
had a turn, regardless of the number of runs scoredo The
FIELDERS then become TIffiOWERS and the TfffiOWERS becomes FIELDERSo
110 The game continues in this way. with each temn being
allowed five th~ows in each inningg until the end or the play­ing
periode
126 When the period is over, the t earn having the most runs
e.t the end of the last complete inning is declared the 'winnero
(Note: A jitcher may be used when the children are poor
in catching skl11so Here the pitcher starts the play by tossing
the ball to the TfffiOWERo Each time the THROWER misses the kll$
a tlstrikef1t is called on himo Three "strikes'· constitute an outo
Balls thrown wiiimly by the Ritcher should be called "balls"o
If' a. THROWER 1""eceiv(3S foul:' 'balls" he is awarded a run" It may
be necessarY$ when several children can throw farther than the
other, to add a rule requiring that the ball hit the ground on
a throw before it passes an imaginary line between ~lrst and
third baseo)
NEVJ ORLEANS
The group is divided into two equal teamSa Eaoh team takes
itsplace behind a goal line at opposite ends of the playing areaD
perhaps thirty or routy feet aparto Have team "An decide upon
some action it will represent, such as sawing wood, washing
clothes, shoveling. dirt, and so ono At a. signal team uA" walks
forward to a point near team flBa <) As they approach team 'tB't the
following dle.logye takes place: