CHANGES IN THE BASE BALL RULES.

At the recent meeting of the Base Ball League, the following changes which will be of interest to lovers of the game were made:

Rule 3, paragraph 2. White rubber substituted for white marble home plate.

Rule 10. Batsman's lines six feet long by four feet wide, with its nearest line six inches from the home base.

Rule 14. The bat handle must be wound with twine a distance of 18 inches from the end.

Rule 20. A balk-if the pitcher, when about to deliver the ball to the bat, while standing within the lines of his position, makes any one of the series of motions he habitually makes in so delivering the ball, and then fails to deliver the ball to the bat.

Rule 27 requires the pitcher to have both feet touching the ground while making any of the series of motions made by him in pitching.