LEHIGH VALLEY LEHIGH VALLEY CONNIE MACK BASEBALL

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1 LEHIGH VALLEY LEHIGH VALLEY CONNIE MACK BASEBALL PAGE RULE DESCRIPTION 1 # 1 MEMBERSHIP 2 # 2 DUES # 3 FINES 3 # 4 OFFICERS 4 # 4 OFFICERS CONTINUED # 5 AMENDMENTS # 6 PENALITIES 5 # 7 TEAM SUSPENSIONS # 8 INDIVIDUAL SUSPENSIONS 6 # 9 FORFEITS # 10 CONTRACTS 7 # 10 CONTRACTS CONTINUED # 11 PROTEST 8 # 12 SCHEDULING 9 # 12 SCHEDULING CONTINUED # 13 POLICING # 14 PLAYOFFS 10 # 15 PLAYING RULES # 16 RE ENTRY RULE 11 # 17 PITCHING 12 # 18 COURTESY RUNNER # 19 PLAYER INJURY 13 # 20 SLIDING RULE 14 # RUN MERCY RULE # 22 ALLOWABLE BATS # 23 FIRST AID KIT 15 # 24 HELMETS 16 # 25 TOBACCO RULE # 26 JEWELRY 17 # 27 UMPIRES CONTENTS Pge # 1 LEHIGH VALLEY CONNIE MACK BASEBALL LEAGUE

2 OFFICIAL BI LAWS THE NAME OF THIS ASSOCIATION SHALL BE LEHIGH VALLEY CONNIE MACK BASEBALL LEAGUE ( HEREIN SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS LVCMBL ) RULE A B C PURPOSE To orgnize n iret n interommunity sell progrm whih will promote protet n onserve the helth n physil welfre of ll prtiipnts. To formulte n mintin poliies tht will sfequr the eutionl vlues of interommunity thletis n ulitvte high ies n goo sportsmnship. To promote uniformity of stnrs. 1 MEMBERSHIP All sell tems whih re reite y the Amerin Connie Mk Bsell Progrm of Pennsylvni n re in the Lehigh Vlley Are re eligile for memership. Applition for memership in the LVCMBL shll e me in writing y the Exeutive Ofiier of the sponsoring orgniztion n shll e ompnie y the entry fee of $ fter resolution of pprovl y the legue representtives. To eome efffetive the pplition must reeive the pprovl of the prtiipting tems. This pplition shll e me y the NOVEMBER meeting of the urrent yer. Memership in this legue shll eome effetive when the tems' pplition the finl pprovl of two thirs of the voting representtives n the sponsoring orgniztion hs een notifie of suh offiil tion. This tion not e lter then the first meeting of APRIL of the urrent yer. Any new tem pplying for memership in the LVCMBL must py ues three yers is vne for Stte n Lol memership fees. (s of 1/21/2010) Pge # 2 2 DUES Annul ues of memer tems of the LVCMBL shll e s follows $ Lehigh Vlley Legue Fee ( Jn )

3 $ P Stte Legue Fee PLUS Umpire ssignor fee of the urrent yer ontrt e Offiil sell's pprove y Connie Mk pries sujet to hnge yerly g Uniform pthes whih re 1.00 e. h Fines rue from previous yer I New tem joining fees shll onsist of one time joining fee to LVCM one time joining fee to P Stte Connie Mk e A three yer ommitment fee to LVCM n the Stte f n lso uove 2, e, g, h of whih re yerly ost 3 FINES Any tem not properly represente t ny meeting utomtilly rries $ fine for the first violtion n $ for the seon onseutive violtion. Missing thir onseutive meeting the fine is $ , the orgniztion will e remove from the legue n repplition proess fee of n itionl $ is require. ( JAN 2010 ) Also the orgniztion will e require to py ues for three yers. ( Ref. rule # 1 su, pge # 1 ) Forfeit fee of gme shll e the mount of two umpire fees per gme of the urrent yer ontrt with the umpire ssoition. The fine will e pi y the Legue, n the orgniztion will hve 72 hours to repy the legue. If the fine is reeive y the legue with in 72 hours the gme will not e onsiere forfeit. ( Fe ) All ues re pyle t the eginning of eh urrent sell seson. Dues must e pi on or efore the MAY meeting of the urrent seson. if tem oes not py y the MAY meeting they will not e llowe to ply gmes untill si fees re pi, eh gme will e loss to si tem ( 2017 ) If tem is suspene from the legue for ny reson one hunre ($100.00) ollor re entry fee will e require for reinsttement to the legue. ( Jn ) e A tem tht eies not to enter tem uring seson my elet to py fees require ( ANNUAL, LVCM fee, P Stte Tem fee, n sell orer for tht urrent yer ), to mintin their stning in the legue. Tems my o this for up to two yers. After two yers, tems must enter seson or will e onsiere to hve withrwn from the legue n must pply for, n py fees onsistent with rule # 7 pge # 1 uner memership of the LVCM i lws. ( Mrh 2011 ) Pge # 3 4 OFFICERS The offiers shll serve for perio of one yer,effetive with the JANUARY meeting. The offiers of this legue shll e Presient, Vie Presient, Seretry n Tresurer. A Bor of Commissioners * shll e ppointe for settlement of protest of legue irregulrities.

4 4 e f g h i j 4 The Bor of Diretors is me up of the orgniztionl representtives. * A four mn or with three itionl memers hosen y the Presient for purpose of grievnes n protests. If iretor's tem is uner onsiertion thn n lternte is selete. ( Jn 2010 ) THE PRESIDENT shll onut the ffires of the Lol Legue n exeute the poliies estlishe y the Bor of Diretors. prpesent report of the onition of the Lol Legue t ll meetings. ommunite to the Bor of Diretors suh mtters s eeme pproprite n mke suggestions s my ten to promote the welfre of the Lol Legue. e responsile for the onut of the Lol Legue in strit onformity to the poliies, priniples, Rules n Regultions of the LVCMBL esignte in writing, other offiers, if neessry, to hve power to mke n exeute for / n in the nme of the Lol Legue suh ontrts n leses they my reeive n whih hve n prior pprovl of the Lol Legue. investigte omplints, irregulrities, n onitions etrimentl to the Lol Legue n report thereon. prepre n nnul uget n responsile for the proper exeution thereof. exmine the pplition n support proof of ge ouments of eery plyer nite n to ertify to resiene n ge eligiility efore the plyer mey e epte. responsile for the orgnizing of Lol Legue Sheule. in onjution with the Tresure must sign ll heks. VICE PRESIDENT in se of the sene or isility of the presient, n provie he is uthorize y the Presient, the Vie Presient shll perform the uties of the Presient n when so ting shll hve ll the powers of tht offie, n shll hve suh uties s form time to time my e ssigne y the Bor of Diretors or the Presient. The Vie Presient shll e memer of ll outstning ommittees. Pge # 4 4 e SECRETARY e responsile for the reoring the tivities of the Lol Legue n mintin pproprite files, miling lists n neessry reors. perform suh uties s herein speifilly set forth ; in ition to suh other uties s re ustomrily inient to the Offie of Seretry. mintin list of ll Regulr Memers. keep the minutes of the meetings of the memers n use them to e reore in ook for tht purpose. shll onut ll orresponene not otherwise speifilly elegte in onnetion with si meetings n shll e responsile for rrying out ll

5 f 4 orers, votes n resolutions not otherwise ommitte. notify Memers, Offiers n Committee memers of their eletion of ppointment. TREASURER perform suh uties s re herein set forth n suh other uties s re ustomrily inient to the Offie of Tresurer. reeive ll monies n seurities, n eposit sme in epository pprove y the Lol Legue keep reors for the reeipt n isursement of ll monies n seurities of the Lol Legue ; pprove ll poliies estlishe in vne of suh tions y the Lol Legue. All isursements y hek must hve ul signtures. prepre finnil report for the sumission to the Memership t the monthly generl meetings. 5 AMENDMENTS Ammenments to these Bi Lws must e pprove y two thirs of the tems voting, with eh Tem llowe one vote. mmenments to e onsiere uring the urrent yer must e pprove prior to the first gme of the seson efore voting memers. Rule hnges must e vote on t three onseutive meetings prior to the strt of the first gme of the seson. 6 PENALITIES A tem shll e suspene if it refuses to ie y the eision of the Lol Legue y mjority vote of the Bor of Diretors of the LVCMBL. Any Bor memer whose tem or orgniztion is eing onsiere for suspension is not eligile to vote on the eision. ( Jn ) Pge # 5 7 TEAM SUSPENSIONS A tem my e suspene for : For using proven ineligile plyer. For flgrnt violtion of the Bi Lws of this Legue, Lol or Stte. When the onut of its ohes, or tem is unsportsmnlike n results in tions whih re etrimentl to iniviul n puli welfre n whih re prejuiil to the porpose of this ssoition. For not ompleting its sheule of gmes for the seson n must pply for re entry to this legue. 8 INDIVIDUAL SUSPENSIONS

6 Any Mnger, Plyer or Coh ejete from gme will hve n utomti suspension of one gme. The Mnger or Coh's suspene will not e llowe t the next gme. When the umpire tkes ontroll of the gme the Mnger or Coh must e off site n my only return t the en of the Gme. The Plyer ejete from the gme must e in full uniform n present, n sitting on the enh,prior to the gme the umpires must e notifie tht the suspene plyer is t the gme in full uniform. The Presient of the legue must e notifie if ny Plyer, Mmger or Coh hs een ejete. Mngers of oth tems must notify the Legue Presient Mnger of the tem with the suspension must notify the umpire ssignor fter the omplete gme. The Presient of the Legue Must e notifie tht the suspension of the Plyer, Mnger or Coh hs een serve efore the respete iniviul my return to the next sheule gme. The opposing Mnger or Coh of the gme eing plye will e responsile for ontting the Presient. A seon ourrene of the ove mention offenses shll result in n utomti two ( 2 ) gme suspension, lso if Mnger or Coh is suspene for two (2) gmes there will e $ ollr fine impose n must e pi efore suh Mnger or Coh is llowe k on the fiel. This will e in effet for the entire urrent seson. After plyer is ejete for the seon time he will e require to ring prent to there next gme n meet with the PRESIDENT of LVCMBL ( 2017 ) e A thir ourrene of the ove mentione offenses will e sujet to the Bor of Diretors tion whih my result in the suspension of plyer for the reminer of the urrent seson. If Mnger or Coh hs thir ourrene they shll utomtilly e suspene for the reminer of the urrent seson, n shll hve meeting with the Bor of Diretors to e onsiere to e eligile to Mnge or Coh in the next seson. f All suspensions will e in effet the next gme of ttenne ( Nov ) g The umpire must generte letter with n explntion of the ejetion within 48 hours. Pge # 6 9 FORFEITS The home tem must hve t lest 9 plyers rey to ply t the sheule strting time of the gme. However, 15 minute gre perio will e llowe Neither Mnger, Coh, or Umpire is uthorize to hnge this 15 minute gre perio. The visiting tem tem must hve 9 plyers y the time they tke fiel in the first inning or y the time the 9th / ( 10th EH ) tter is require to t in the top of the first inning. If plyer is injure n there re no reserve plyers, the Mngers or Cohes of the tems involve CANNOT gree to proee with one tem hving less thn 9 plyers. RESERVE PLAYERS inlue those plyers who hve lrey plye n hve een remove from the gme. Plyers ejete from the gme CANNOT e inlue s RESERVE PLAYER. Also plyer serving suspension will not e eligile s reserve plyer without the permission of the LEAGUE PRESIDENT ( 2017 ) If fiel is not ville euse the home tem file to properly sheule

7 the fiel, the visiting tem wins y forfeit, this ssumes oth tems re t the fiel with t lest 9 plyers per tem AND t lest umpire present. If tem oes not hve 9 plyers tht tem loses y forfeit ; wether or not the fiel ws properly sheule. e If n umpire(s) fils to show for gme, the home tem oes not lose y forfeit. If there re two umpires sheule n one is present. The gme is to e plye with only one umpire. If there is not t lest one offiil umpire present, the mngers or ohes nnot gree to ply the gme with n umpire(s) tht is not memer of the umpire ssoition hosen n pprove y the legue. Unless you ll the PRESIDENT of the LEAGUE for permission ( 2017 ) 10 CONTRACTS At roster night whih will e the week efore or the week of the strt of the seson ll tems must turn in n offiil PENNSYLVANIA CONNIE MACK YOUTH BASEBALL ROSTER of plyers to the LVCMBL, to the seretry n one opy to eh of the tem mngers, n ORIGINAL n THREE COPIES to the legue PRESIDENT. Roster must inlue ress ( inluing township or orough ) for rosters to e offiil. Rosters will not e epte untill ll this informtion is provie. Tems must provie n pprove roster to the legue t lest 48 hours prior to their first gme. Filure to provie the roster my result in forfeiting gmes. The roster shll not EXCEED 20 PLAYERS n must inlue plyer's nme, ress, n irth te. Any plyer tht hs signe more thn 1 tem roster will e isqulfie for the entire seson ; ll plyers who live within tem's ounry n ttens two tryouts n relese shll e free gents. If tht plyer joins nother tem he is the property of tht tem the following yer, unless he is relese y tht tem. A tem's roster my e moifie untill JUNE 30th. One the LVCM Seretry or Presient pproves roster the tem mngers Pge # 7 10 CONTRACTS CONTINUED must give it to ll opposing tems prior to ply. If plyer is e to the roster prior to JUNE 30th n is pprove y Bor Memer with tht Bor Memers signture on the roster COPY OF THAT ROSTER MUST THEN BE PRESENTED TO EACH OPPOSING TEAM BEFORE THE GAME. No plyer e to the roster my ply untill or memer pproves him. Violtion of this rule will result in forfeit of the gme n tem suspension in orne with LVCMBL i lws. If plyer hs mjor injury uring the tive seson inluing LVCMBL n stte plyoffs, he my e reple, s long s there is ertifie DOCTOR's sttement stting the plyer nnot ply. He will e ple on the intive list n shll remin property of si tem. Tems must still ie y the rules onering Legion Plyers. (jn 2010) LVCMBL gmes my only e plye with ontrte plyers. Tems re llowe 3 oule roster Senior Legion Plyers provie they hve tht

8 plyers roster for whom tht plyer is plying for n turne in t roster night. Tht plyer must prtiipte in 48 % of the regulr sesons gmes in orer to qulify to ply in Stte Plyoff gmes. e AT ROSTER NIGHT THE ONLY TWO (2) FORMS THAT WILL BE OFFICIAL ARE A COPY OF BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR PASSPORT FOR SAID PLAYER. A RECORED OF BIRTH IS ALLOWED ONLY FOR THE REGULAR SEASON FOR LVCM 11 PROTEST Either tem my protest gme y serving notie to oth umpires n to the mnger or ohes of the opposing tem t the time of the ispute tht this eing plye uner protest. Both mngers or ohes n umpire in hrge must sign the visitor n home tem soreook. (Jn 2010 ) Umpires will mke puli nnounement of the proteste gme. The tem mking the protest n the umpires shll file written report with the legue Presient within 24 hours fter the ompletion of the gme involve. Protest fee of $ ollrs will e infore. If the protest is up hel the fee shll e refune. Pge # 8 12 SCHEDULING The LVCMBL sheule formt will e eie t the NOVEMBER meeting. (Jn 2010 ) The tes of the sheule gmes n only hnge y the onsent of oth tems n / or the Legue Presient. ( Jn 2010 ) 1 When gmes re hnge these two persons must e notifie The WEBMASTER n the UMPIRE ASSIGNOR All request for hnging tes shll speify the new tes gree upon n forwre with in 48 hours prior to the plying tes to the person responsile for ssigning the umpires. If not with in 48 hours theumpires will e pi for the gme Gmes postpone MUST BE RESCHEDULED WITHIN 72 HOURS n shll e plye within 7 DAYS OF THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULED DATE. If wither the home tem or visiting tem nnot supply suitle fiel, or gree on suitle te, the LVCMBL Presient will e notifie n suitle fiel will e fou, te to ply the gme will e issue. Ant tems not showing up for the resheule gme re onsiere forfeit for tht tem.

9 ALL REGULAR SEASON GAME'S MUST BE PLAYED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE LEAGUE PLAYOFF DATE. e f g h i If gme is postpone euse of inlement wether or unfit grouns, home tem must notify visitors n umpires t lest 2 HOURS prior to gme time. If gme is stoppe, t lest 30 minutes must elpse efore gme n e lle. By greement of oth mngers n umpire, this time my e less. DELAY 15 minute gre for ll gmes. TIE GAMES In the event gme ens in tie eh tem will e wre one point eh for reor purposes, provie the gme is offiil fter 4 1/2 innings of ply If gme is strte n the gme is hlte efore it is n offiil n t lest one inning hs een plye / 6 outs reore, the gme will resume from tht point of ply, n must follow the resheule rule # 30 () Pge # 9 12 SCHEDULING CONTINUED j Gme hlte y DARKNESS / WEATHER n one the gme is offiil mening the ompletion of 4 n 1/2 innings if the home tem is he, shll e offiil. Shoul the gme e lle euse of rkness / wether efore the home tem ompletes their t t in the inning in whih the visiting tem goes he, the sore of the gme reverts to the lst fully omplete inning. Any question out the rules shoul e referre to the legue Presient who will mke etermintion s to the finl outome of the gme. (20070 k All gme must e omplete y Wenesy of the lst week of the seson, unless it's rin out from tht week, then ll gmes must e omplete y Friy t minight of tht week. If gme re not omplete then they will e forfeit two oth tems, l NO GAMES WILL BE PLAYED ON THE SATURDAY OF THE LEAGUE ALL STAR GAME m Any gmes not omplete re onsiere FORFEIT BY BOTH TEAMS (2012) 13 POLICING Eh home tem is require to polie ll gmes

10 Both tems home n visiting re responsile for the tions of their plyer, n fns. 14 PLAYOFFS The plyoff formt will e eie y the My meeting.( Jn 2010 ) Pge # PLAYING RULES The LVCMBL shll e governer y: AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL RULES with the following exeptions Gmes will strt t 5:45 PM on weeknights untill June 1st. Gmes will strt t 6:00 PM on weeknights eginning June 1st. Gmes on Stury shll hve strt time t the home tems isretion The visiting tem will hve the fiel 40 MINUTES prior to the gme strt time, the visiting tem must e off the fiel t 10 minutes efor gme time in orer to llow umpire's n home mnger or oh to go over groun rules. Ref : if gme is to strt t 6:00 PM the Visiting tems gets the fiel t 5:20 PM. n must e off the fiel t 5:50 PM. (Jn. 2006) Home tem re require to supply ( 3 ) gme lls for eh gme. 16 RE ENTRY RULE PIAA Re entry rule is in effet. This rule sttes tht ll originl strters my e reple y sus n then the strters my re enter the gme one time. One reple, the sus my not re enter. A strte my re enter without regrs to the numer of sus tht tte in his position sine he ( THE STARTER ) ws remove from the gme. The strter must re enter in the sme position in the tting orer.

11 exeption to ove rule will e expline in the piting rules 17 A Pge # PITCHING A STARTING Pither tht is remove form the moun NOT RE ENTER s pither for the reminer of si gme The LVCMBL will e following the PIAA Pithing rule, this rule is on pith ount PITCH COUNT in given y 1 1 to 25 pithes NO DAYS OF REST NEEDED 26 to 50 pithes WILL REQUIRE 1 DAY OF REST 51 to 75 pithes WILL REQUIRE 2 DAY 's OF REST 76 to 100 pithes WILL REQUIRE 3 DAY 's OF REST 2 A pither will e llowe mximum 0f 200 pithe in given week the week shll run from Mony 12:01 m to Suny 11:59 pm There will e no fke to 3r se n throw over too 1st se Intentionl wlks shll e s follows the mnger of si tem tht woul like to intentionlly wlk tter must inform the umpire of so intention n the umpire will then wr 1st se to the tter e Pither wrm ups e 1 Pither will reeive eight ( 8 ) pithes to strt the gme. e 2 Pither will reeive five ( 5 ) pithes therefter. e 3 A relief pither will reeive ten ( 10 ) pithers if he hs h no time to wrm up. e 4 A releif pither who hs wrme up will reeive eight ( 8 ) pithes.

12 PAGE # COURTESY RUNNER A ourtesy runner will e llowe for the ther if the ther is on se with 2 outs. Plyers eligile to ourtesy run must not e in the urrent 9 or 10 mn lineup t the time of the use of the ourtesy rummer. ( Jn 2010 ) LVCMBL will llow the use of EH or DH ut oth CANNOT e use in the sme gme. 1 The EH will e the 10 th plyer on the line up r n e permitte to t nywhere in the line up 2 The DH will e in the 9 plyer line up r n my t for ny efensive plyer in the gme. The nme of the plyer he is tting for shll e liste on the line up r n put t the ottom of the line up r with his position he is plying on the fiel e if ll originl efensive plyers re in the gme n n injury ours, the EH still n ply efense, BUT the EH position is then eliminte for tht tem n they finish with 9 plyers. EH is just like ny other position, n plyers n e interhnge t positions s long s the lineup orer remins the sme. ( Jn 2003 ) If tem hooses to ply with the EH rule, n the tem hs only 10 plyers n plyer is injure, the vte spot is n OUT when the spot omes up in the orer when it nnot e fille y nother plyer off the enh. ( Nov ) 19 PLAYER INJURY Thie rule will llow the opposing mnger or oh to pik plyer to finish the gme if there re no more eligile plyers left in the gme. A tem must omplete

13 gme with 9 plyers. If temnnot fiel 9 plyers ue to injuries, the gme is onsiere forfeit. (nov 2004 ) Pge # SLIDING RULE A runner must slie or surrener hinself t ny se when the fieler is holing the ll n witing for the tg. Any plyer tht fils to voi ontt will e lle out. If intentionl ontt is me, the runner will e ejete from the gme. NO FAKE TAGS WILL BE ALLOWED. All runners will vne one se for fke tg. This shll e ontinution ll. If ll runners reh the next se sfely then no ll is me. ( Jn 2006 ) A legl slie n e either feet first or he first. If runner slies feet first, t lest one leg n uttok shll e on the groun. If runner slies, he must slie within reh of the sewith either hn or foot. A slie is ILLEGAL if ; 1 The runner uses rolling, ross oy or pop up slie into the fieler 2 The runners rise leg is higher thn the fielers knee when the fieler is in stning position. 3 The runner goes eyon the se n mkes ontt with or lters the ply of the fieler. 4 The runner slshes or kiks the fieler with either leg 5 The runner tries to injure the fieler Any runner is OUT when he ; 1 Does not leglly slie n uses illegl ontt / or illeglly lters the tions of the fieler in the immeite t of mking ply. PENALTY The runner is out, the ll is e immeitely n interferene is lle. Runners re never require to slie ut if runner elets to slie, the slie must e legl. 2 Does not leglly ttempt to voi fieler in the immeite t of mking ply PENALTY The runner is out, the ll remins live unless interferene is lle. Jumping, Hurling n Leping re ll Legl ttempts to voi fieler s long s the fieler is LYING on the groun. 3 Dives over fieler PENALTY The runner is out, the ll remins live unless interferene ours. Diving over the fieler is ILLEGAL

14 4 Intites mliious ontt. Mliious ontt lwys supersees ostrution. THE BASES OF THIS RULE IS " NO HARM NO FOUL " Pge # RUN MERCY RULE There shll e 10 run mery rule, where if the home tem is he y 10 or more runs t ny point fter 4 1/2 innings, gme will e stoppe n the home tem elre the winner. If the visitors go he y 10 or more runs t ny point fter 5 COMPLETE innings, the home tem will e llowe to t in the ottom of the inning. ( Ref. ; if the visiting tem goes he y 10 runs in the top of the 6th inning, the home tem will e llowe to t in the ottom of the inning ( e for 2001 ) mene 10 runs in ALLOWABLE BAT SIZES The mximum llowle imeter of the t is se on the PIAA Bt rule ; if the t is foun to e illegl fter pith hs een thrown to the tter or fter eing use, n efore the first ( 1st ) pith to the next tter, the tter using the ILLEGAL t will e elre OUT y the umpire. Effetive with the 2011 seson, the PIAA rule for " Composite Bts " will e followe. Any omposite t use in the LVCMBL 2011 n there fter tht oes NOT hve the BESR or BBCOR oe ( silk sreene or other permnent ertifition mrks only ) Glue on lels with the BESR oe is NOT AUTHORIZED n thus the t is not onsiere to e LEGAL. Beginning in 2012 The urrent PIAA ruling sttes tht the omposite ts must hve the permnent mrk of the BBCOR oe on the t to e onsiere legl. ( My 2011 ) Woo ts re ALLOWED 23 FIRST AID KITS First i kits re require to e rrie y eh tem. ( Jn )

15 Pge # HELMENTS All ult ohes re require to wer helments when in the position s ohes on the plying fiel. Stnr pprove Skull Cps ( no er flps ) re eptle. THERE IS NO EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE if the oh oes not hve helment on there will e wrning to tht mnger or oh, if it oures the 2n time tht mnger or oh will e EJECTED from the gme. If plyer is ohing on the se pths they must hve oule er flp helmet on.

16 Pge # NO TOBACCO RULE The issue of ny form of too, igrettes, hew, n E igrettes y ny plyer, mnger, or oh while on the fiel or on the property of the fiel eing plye on is PROHIBITED. Any violtion of this rule will use the plyer, mnger or oh's to e ejete from the gme n must ie y rule # 8 on pge # 5. For the purpose of this rule, ugouts, ullpens, outsie the fiel re will e onsiere prt of the plying fiel. THERE WILL BE NO WARNINGS ON THIS RULE! 26 NO JEWELRY RULE No plyer my wer jewelry on the plying fiel. If plyer hs jewelry on he will e ejete from the gme. MEDICAL ALERT MEDALLIONS n RELIGIOUS MEDALLIONS re n exeption to this rule, HOWEVER they meust e tpe n onele insie the uniform. If it oes not remin onele y the uniform the umpire will hek to see if it ws tpe.if it ws not tpe, the plyer will e EJECTED. If it ws tpe n i not remin onele, the plyer will reeive wrning. If it eomes visile gin the umpire will ejet the plyer for the reminer of the gme. Ruer ns, ruer relets re onsiere jewelry n re governe y this rule. ( Jn 2006 ) Pge # 17

17 27 UMPIRES e f g h An umpire ssoition, hosen n pprove y the legue Bor of Diretors will ssign the umpires. There will e two ( 2) umpires ssigne to every gme. The umpire servie must e notifie t lest 2 hours efore gme time to nel gme without inurring ny umpire fees. If the umpires re not lle within 2 hours of gme time, they hve the right to hrge pre negotite fee. It is the responsiilty of the home tem to notify the umpire servie of postpone gmes. If n umpire(s) fils to show for the gme, the home tem oes not lose y forfeit. If there re two umpires sheule n one is present, the gme is to e plye with only one umpire. If there is not t lest one " offiil " umpire present the mngers together must ontt the legue Presient efore etermining the fte of the gme. All offiils must e pprove n ertifie y the LVCM Legue. Umpire fees re negotile eh yer. Fee for unoffiil gmes, rin et. etermine in the umpire ontrt. i Show up fee for umpires tht report to fiel n fiel is unfit to ply, if not notifie efore gme time is etermine in the umpire ontrt. j k Forfeit rries full fees to oth umpires. All umpires must hve Connie Mk Pth on the unifrom CONNIE MACK, Jr. FT. MYERS, FLORIDA

18 Mr. Grel A. Hostelley Presient Connie Mk Youth Progrm 301 West Eight Street Aprtment # 4 Lnsle, Pennsylvni Re; Connie Mk Youth Progrm Der Mr. Hostelley This is to utorize your orgmiztion to use the nme of Connie Mk in the promotion of the Connie Mk Youth Progrm. It will lso give you the uthoriztion to use the nme on ffil sells, et. tht you my nee n see fit to grnt suh uthoriztion to mnufturers of thleti equipment in the interest of youngsters. Wishing you n the Connie Mk Youth Progrm ontinue suess, I m Sinerely yours, THE WM. H. REYNOLDS COMPANY Connie Mk Jr. Connie Mk, Jr. SPORTSMANSHIP PLEDGE It shll e the uty if the ten Mnger or Coh to instrut his tem efore prtiiption in ny gme the onstituting prt of this progrm, in the PLEDGE OF SPORTMANSHIP n require tht oth the Home n Visiting tems repet it in unison while stning t there respetive foul lines prior to eh gme. ( THIS MUST BE ENFORCED )

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20 CONNIE MACK YOUTH PROGRAM, INC. The Bor of iretors of Connie Mk Youth Bsell, In. eie to honor gentlemn who hs given the gme of sell the highest possile position in the mins n herts of Ameri. Therefore with the permission of this gret frien n his fmily, who uthorize the renming of this gret youth projet, therey will perpetute his nme. Heneforth Knee Hi shll e known s THE CONNIE MACK YOUTH PROGRAM, INC. Presient Eisenhower in pying triute to Connie Mk si " Connie Mk " long will e rememere for his inspirtion to Amerin Youth in the most Amerin of sports. For ees, Connie Mk hs typifie to the Amerin people sportsmnship of the highest orer.