Sec. 8. When a baulk is made by the pitcher, every player running the bases is entitled to one base, without being put out.
[The striker cannot take a base, on a baulk, as he is not considered a “player running the bases” until he has made the first base and ceased to be a striker.]
Sec. 9. If a ball, from a stroke of the bat, first touches the ground, the person of a player, or any other object, behind the range of home and the first base, or home and the third base, it shall be termed foul, and must be so declared by the umpire, unasked. If the ball first touches the ground, either upon, or in front of the range of those bases, it shall be considered fair.
[Nothing is mentioned in Section 9 in reference to any ball that is caught, either on the fly or first bound, after touching the side of a building, a fence, or a tree. In such cases a special rule is requisite before beginning a match.]
Sec. 10. A player making the home base, shall be entitled to score one run.
Sec. 11. If three balls are struck at, and missed, and the last one is not caught, either flying or upon the first bound, it shall be considered fair, and the striker must attempt to make his run.
Sec. 12. The striker is out if a foul ball is caught, either before touching the ground, or upon the first bound.
Sec. 13. Or, if three balls are struck at and missed, and the last is caught, either before touching the ground, or upon the first bound.
[The bound-catch, in this instance—the ball striking the ground back of the home base—is considered in the light of a foul ball, as far as the fly-game is concerned, and consequently when the ball is caught on the bound, on the third strike, the player must be given out, the same as he was last year under the bound rule.]
Sec. 14. Or, if a fair ball is struck, and the ball is caught without having touched the ground.