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|Term=Squares
|Term=Squares
|Game Family=Baseball
|Game Family=Baseball
|Description=<p>According to Block, an 1838 encyclopedia describes the game of Squares as &ldquo;roughly identical&rdquo; to contemporary Rounders and Baseball.</p>
|Game Regions=Britain
|Sources=<p><span>David Block,&nbsp;</span><em>Baseball before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game</em><span>&nbsp;</span>(University&nbsp;of&nbsp;Nebraska Press, 2005)<span>., page 138.</span></p>
|Game Eras=1800s,Predecessor
<p><span><span>Montague,&nbsp;</span><em>The Youth's Encyclopedia of Health&nbsp;</em>(1838)<span>.</span></span></p>
|Description=<p>According to Block, an 1838 encyclopedia describes the game of Squares as “roughly identical” to contemporary Rounders and Baseball.</p>
|Sources=<p><span>David Block, </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Baseball before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game</em></span><span> </span>(University of Nebraska Press, 2005)<span>, page 138.</span></p>
<p><span><span>The original source is Montague, </span><em>The Youth's Encyclopedia of Health </em>(1838)<span>.</span></span></p>
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Game Squares
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Description

According to Block, an 1838 encyclopedia describes the game of Squares as “roughly identical” to contemporary Rounders and Baseball.

Sources

David Block, Baseball before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game (University of Nebraska Press, 2005), page 138.

The original source is Montague, The Youth's Encyclopedia of Health (1838).

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