Fair Fowl Hits - A History of the Game

There is no conceptual distinction between in and out of the field of play. Fair foul hits were outlawed just a couple of years after this, in 18 76. The writer's parenthetical question mark, there was actually a question mark after fair fowl, likely hints that he thought the hit not legitimately fair. If the ball goes under the stands, the fielder will crawl after it, and the batter will keep runting if he can make it all the way round the base. Mac vay is having a good day, managing this feat twice.