Chronology:Verse

1850s.60 Game of "Round-Ball" Recalled Much Later

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I had heard of that call

For the game of round-ball,

So I went to the grounds after dinner;

But the play had begun,

And I knew there’d be fun,

But I could not imagine the winner.

[ . . .]

And such glorious fun,

Just to see the boys run,

Really tickl’d your humble reporter.

J.H.C. (J. H. Cunnabel)

For full poem, see Supplemental Text, below.

Sources:

Milford Journal, September 22, 1875.

Warning:

Dating this throwback game to the 1850s is arbitrary. Correction welcomed.

Comment:

This happy poem does not appear to convey details on the game's rules.

Decade

1850s

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