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If I had to guess, the purpose was to MOVE THE GAME ALONG.
At one time a coach probably conferred with F1 whenever he wanted to, hence the need for a ruling.
1967 one trip to the mound added to the rules manual. As you guessed - to speed up the game. Seems some of the games were starting to go more than an hour, and they needed to move things along!
So, why are games now taking 3 - 4 hours? Curious!
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