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...ne=Article in <i>The Knickerbocker</i> Mentions "Bass-ball," Old Cat, Barn-ball |Game=Base Ball

|Headline=Future NL President Plays ball in Mohawk Valley of New York |Game=Barn Ball, Old-Cat Games, American Cricket,

|Headline=Worcester Man Recalls Round Ball in the 1850s |Game=Round Ball,

|Headline="Many Different Kinds of Ball" Remembered |Game=Barn Ball,Old-Cat Games,Wicket,Base Ball

|Entry Origin=Games Tab <p>CDJ Aug. 31, 1858: "Base Ball--It is gratifying to see this manly, healthful game, coming again into gene

|Title=A New Find on Early Wicket and Old Fashioned Base Ball ...60]), pp. 54-56), the father delivered an extended disquisition about ball games in his youth in New England. That was definitely before 1840 and more like

|Game=Cricket, Base Ball, ...American Cricket Club of this city. But I soon turned my attention to base ball + played with the Olympic Club of this city from 1866 to 1870.&rdquo;</p>

..." Ball Stock is said to be "very similar to rounders." In stool ball, "the ball must be struck by the hand, and not with a bat."</p> ...ths.&nbsp; For feeder and rounders, a batter is out if not able to hit the ball in three "offers."</p>

|Title="A Good Many Different Kinds of Ball" ...arming 1867 volume, a father delivered an extended disquisition about ball games in his youth in New England. That was definitely before 1840 and more likel

|Title=What Was Town Ball, Anyway? |Description=A Source-Based Description of Town Ball Play

(Note: This draft comprises Part One of a two-part examination of the main rules of base ball as of about 1860. It covers the Knick Rules, and Part Two will

|Title=A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball ...ace leavel enough to play ball.”<ref name="ref1" /> On the face of it, the two journal entries might not seem all that startling, but to baseball historia