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"German ballgame" described in Berlin book

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Flittner, Christian G., Talisman des Gluckes oder der Selbstlehrer fur alle Karten, Schach, Billard,Ball und Kegel Spiele [Berlin], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 187. This book's small section on ball games carries the Gutsmuths account of das Deutsche Ballspiel the German ballgame. 

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Query: Does the game appear to uses bases?

   No.  Like most forms of longball, there are a home line and a goal line at opposite ends of the field.

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