Whirl

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Game Whirl
Game Family Hook-em-snivy Hook-em-snivy
Regions US
Eras 1700s
Description

Lieutenant Ebenezer Elmer of the 3rd New Jersey Regiment referred five times to playing whirl between September 16, 1776, and 1777.  The nature of play is not described, but one note may be taken to mean it was a ball game.

Numerous web searches have failed to turn up other clues about this game.

Sources

For details, see http://greensleeves.typepad.com/berkshires/baseball/

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