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ROD WEAVER

Rule 18 - Any club that shall be detected in tampering with the persons
setting up the pins, or by any unfair means seeking to win a victory, shall
on proof of such conduct, be expelled from the Association.
Rule 19 - Every match hereafter made shall be decided by the best two
games out of three; the first to be played on the alley of the challenging
club; the second on the alley of their opponents, and the third, if any to
be played, on a neutral alley, the time and place of playing to be fixed
before the series commences. The club winning the greatest number of
series of games on or before the September meeting of the Association in
each year shall be declared the champion.
Rule 20 - All clubs shall commence the series of games within ten days
after receipt of challenge, unless they have a previous challenge, when
they shall play within ten days from their last game. A series
commenced must be finished within twenty-one days.
Rule 21 - No person who shall be in arrears to any club, or has been
expelled from any club, or who shall at any time receive compensation
for his services as a player, shall be competent to play in any match; all
players who play for money, place or any consideration whatsoever, shall
be regarded as professionals, and no professional player shall take part in
any match game, and any club giving compensation to a player, or
having to their knowledge such a player on their team, shall be debarred
from membership in the National Association, and they shall not be
considered by any club belonging to this association as a proper club to
engage in a match game, and such club so playing with them shall forfeit
its membership.
Rule 22 - Any match game played by any club in contravention of the
rules adopted by this Association, shall be considered null and void, and
shall not be counted in the list of match games won or lost.
Rule 23 - Any club refusing to play any other club in the Association,
according to the rules, shall forfeit all claim to the championship, and all
games played with such club shall be considered null and void, and shall
not count in the list of games won or lost.

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