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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

On page 114 of Noah Liberman's book, Glove Affairs, the first full
paragraph on that page says:

"But many of the best stories come from even looser days, like
the years before 1954, when major league players still left their
gloves on the field between innings."

The author then mentions a few things that players and coaches did
to gloves left on the field by the "other" team.

So I think that that baseball either adopted or started enforcing
rule 3.14 in 1954. That would be consistent with Mr. Spencer's
recollections. I'd still like to see a set of 1953 rules to see if
that rule is in there...