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|Headline=Worcester Man Recalls Round Ball in the 1850s |Game=Round Ball,

..." Ball Stock is said to be "very similar to rounders." In stool ball, "the ball must be struck by the hand, and not with a bat."</p> ...p; For feeder and rounders, a batter is out if not able to hit the ball in three "offers."</p>

|Title=What Was Town Ball, Anyway? |Description=A Source-Based Description of Town Ball Play

(Note: This draft comprises Part One of a two-part examination of the main rules of base ball as of about 1860. It covers the Knick Rules, and Part Two will

|Title=A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball ...ace leavel enough to play ball.”<ref name="ref1" /> On the face of it, the two journal entries might not seem all that startling, but to baseball historia