nd missed, and the last one caught, is a hand out; if not caught considered fair and the striker bound to run. A ball being struck or tipped and caught, either flying or on the first bounce, is a hand out. A player must make his first base after striking a fair ball, but should the ball be in the hands of an opponent on the first base before the runner reaches that base, it is a hand out. Players must make the bases in the order of striking, and when a fair ball is struck and the striker not put out, the first base must be vacated as well as the next base or bases if similarly occupied; players must be put out, under these circumstances, in the same manner as when running to the first base. A player will be out, if at any time when off a base the ball in the hands of an opponent will touch him. A player, who will intentionally prevent an opponent from catching or getting the ball, is a hand out. If two hands are already out, a player running home at the time a ball is struck, cannot make an ace if the striker is caught out. Three hands out, all
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