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|Game Family=Baseball
|Game Family=Baseball
|Location=Massachusetts
|Location=Massachusetts
|Game Tags=US, post-1900,
|Game Regions=US
|Description=<p>A 1934 reference from Massachusetts: &ldquo;One-three-one-one&rdquo; was the old game the boys used to play when I went to school. Regular baseball - very similar to Stub One.&rdquo;</p>
|Game Eras=Post-1900
<p><strong>Query:</strong> This is our only reference to one-three-one-one or Stub One.&nbsp; Can we find others?&nbsp; Is it reasonable to surmise that "1 3 1 1" reflected the number and deployment of fielders?</p>
|Description=<p>A 1934 reference from Massachusetts: “One-three-one-one” was the old game the boys used to play when I went to school. Regular baseball - very similar to Stub One.</p>
|Sources=<p><span><span>F. G.</span><span>&nbsp;Cassidy</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><em>Dictionary of American Regional English</em><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span>(Harvard University Press, 1996), page 882.</span></span></p>
<p><strong>Query:</strong> This is our only reference to one-three-one-one or Stub One.  Can we find others?  Is it reasonable to surmise that "1 3 1 1" reflected the number and deployment of fielders?</p>
|Sources=<p><span><span>F. G.</span><span> Cassidy</span><span>, </span><em>Dictionary of American Regional English</em><span>  </span><span>(Harvard University Press, 1996), page 882.</span></span></p>
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A 1934 reference from Massachusetts: “One-three-one-one” was the old game the boys used to play when I went to school. Regular baseball - very similar to Stub One.”

Query: This is our only reference to one-three-one-one or Stub One.  Can we find others?  Is it reasonable to surmise that "1 3 1 1" reflected the number and deployment of fielders?

Sources

F. G. CassidyDictionary of American Regional English  (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 882.

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