"Sec. 3—The ball must be pitched and thrown for the bat.
"Sec. 4—A ball knocked outside the range of the first or the third base is a foul.
"Sec. 5—Three balls being struck at and being missed, and the last one caught, is a hand out; if not caught is considered fair, and the striker is bound to run.
"Sec. 6—A ball being struck or tipped and caught either flying or on the first bound, is a hand out.
"Sec. 7—A player running the bases shall be out—if the ball is in the hands of an adversary on the base, as the runner is touched by it before he makes his base; it being understood, however, that in no instance is a ball to be thrown at him.
"Sec. 8—A player running who shall prevent an adversary from catching or getting the ball before making his base is a hand out.
"Sec. 9—If two hands are already out, a player running home at the time the ball is struck cannot make an ace if the striker is caught out.
"Sec. 10—Three hands out, all out.
"Sec. 11—Players must take their strike in regular turn.
"Sec. 12—No ace or base can be made on a foul strike.