Excerpt from Knotty Problems From a half dozen answers to queries which had been received in regard to base ball problems that had vexed voung players. The volume of Knotty Problems traces its beginning. The publishers, ever anxious to help young ball players, advised that if the thousands of readers of Spald ing's Official Base Ball Guide, in playing base ball games, should find some point in the rules that to them was not quite clear. Information would gladly be given by writing to the editor of the Spalding Guide at 45 Rose Street. New York City. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.