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Move-Up + (Brewster, </span&g … Brewster, American Nonsinging Games. Brewster cites Mason and Mitchell, Active Games [“Rotation”], page 327 and Boyd, [“Piggie Move Up”], page 65.F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996).;span>F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996).)
Bat-and-Ball + (Brian Turner, "</s … Brian Turner, "Bat and Ball: A Distinct Game or a Generic Term?", Base Ball Journal (Special Issue on Origins), Volume 5, number 1 (Spring 2011), pages 37-40.ong> Journal (Special Issue on Origins), Volume 5, number 1 (Spring 2011), pages 37-40.)
1861.11 + (Brooklyn Daily Eagle& … Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 12, 1861, page 11.Meeting summaries also appeared in the New York Sunday Mercury (Dec. 15), Wilkes' Spirit of the Times (Dec. 21), and the New York Clipper (Dec. 21)s (Dec. 21), and the New York Clipper (Dec. 21))
Club of Bridgeton + (Brunson, "Black Baseball" p. 149who labels this the Keystone club.)
Athletic Club of Albany + (Brunson, "Black Baseball" p. 154 The Albany Journal, July 17, 1869)
Heavy Hitters Club of Canajoharie + (Brunson, "Black Baseball" p. 160)
Western Union Club of Cincinnati + (Brunson, "Black Baseball" p. 197)
1858.54 + (Buffalo Daily Courier, October 14, 1858. Posted to 19CBB September 1, 2009. )
1859.48 + (Buffalo Daily Courier, September 10, 1859. )
1860.47 + (Buffalo Morning Express (July 10, 1860), page 3. )
Bunt + (C. Bevis, “A Game of … C. Bevis, “A Game of Bunt,” in G. Land, Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004), pages 128-130.T. Aamodt, “The Impossible Dream,” in G. Land, Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004), pages 61-62.in G. Land, Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004), pages 61-62.)
1860.59 + (California Spirit of the Times, February 11, 1860. )
1856.27 + (Chadwick Scrapbooks, Vol. 20)
1852.17 + (Charles Dickens, "Th … Charles Dickens, "The Child's Story" (1852).See also Dickens on ballplaying at pp 128, 212, and 271 (note) of David Block, Pastime Lost (U Nebraska Press, 2019). n: underline;">Pastime Lost (U Nebraska Press, 2019). )
Tournoi + (Charles Johnston, Famous Generals of the Great War (Page Company, Boston, 1919), page 253.)
Island Club of Eaton Rapids + (Charlotte Republican, Sept. 23, 1868)
Pickwick Club of Manchester + (Concord Independent Democrat, Aug. 20, 1868.)
1837.6 + (Constitution of the O … Constitution of the Olympic Ball Club of Philadelphia [Philadelphia, John Clark], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 223.Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825 - 1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 5-8. - 1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 5-8. )
One O’ Cat + (Culin, "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn, N.Y.." pages 231-232.)
Hit the Stick + (Culin, "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn, N.Y.", page 231.)
Kick the Ball + (Culin, "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn, N.Y.", pages 230-231. G. E. Johnson, What to Do at Recess (Ginn, Boston, 1910), page 32.)
Roley Poley + (Culin, "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn, N.Y.." page 234.)
Fungo + (Culin, S. (1891). "St … Culin, S. (1891). "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn." Journal of American Folklore, volume 4, page 232; Our Game log, July 16, 2022Henry Chadwick, Sports and Pastimes for American Boys (Routledge, New York, 1884), page 18.F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 245.assidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 245.)
Barn Ball (House Ball) + (D. C. Beard, </spa … D. C. Beard, The American Boy’s Book of Sport (Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1896), pages 341-342.See also Altherr, "Barn Ball," Base Ball (Spring 2011).pan>See also Altherr, "Barn Ball," Base Ball (Spring 2011).)
First Switch Hitter + (Daniel Okrent and Steve Wulf, Baseball Anecdotes (Oxford University Press, 1989), page 9.)

Ball-Paces + (David Block, email of 5/17/2005.)

First Base Ball Sheet Music + (David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 218.)
First Printing of Knickerbocker Rules + (David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 223. David Block posting to 19CBB, 6/16/2005. )
Squares + (David Block, </spa … 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).n>The original source is Montague, The Youth's Encyclopedia of Health (1838).)
Hornebillets + (David Cram, et al., editors, Francis Willughby’s Book of Games (Ashgate, 2003), page 182.)
Young America Club of Detroit + (Detroit Free Press, April 25, 1869)
Ball-Stock + (Dick, ed., </span& … Dick, ed., The American Boys Book of Sports and Games: A Practical Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Amusements (Dick and Fitzgerald [reprinted by Lyons Press, 2000], 1864)., pages 112-113. Elliott, The Playground and the Parlour (1868), p. 57.The Playground and the Parlour (1868), p. 57.)
German Ball Game + (E. Perrin, et al., One Hundred and Fifty Gymnastic Games (G. H. Ellis, Boston, 1902), pages 22-23.)
Ball and Bases + (E. Perrin, et. Al., One Hundred and Fifty Gymnastic Games (G. H. Ellis, Boston, 1902), pages 58-59.)
Boston Ball + (E. Perrin, et. Al., One Hundred and Fifty Gymnastic Games (G. H. Ellis, Boston, 1902), pages 59-63.)
Club of Lafayette College, Easton + (Easton Daily Free Press, Sept. 16, 1867 The Lafayette College "Mirror", June 1871, p. 63)
Lenape Club of Delaware + (Egan, "Baseball on the Western Reserve" The Delaware Gazette, July 7, 1866)
Times Club of Geneva + (Egan, "Baseball on the Western Reserve")
Washington Club of Ashland + (Egan, "Baseball on the Western Reserve")
No Name Club of Monroeville + (Egan, "Baseball on the Western Reserve")
Philadelphia Bat Ball + (Emily Elmore and M. O’Shea, A Practical Handbook of Games (Macmillan, New York, 1922), pages 93-95.)
Ball Stand + (Emily W. Elmore, A Practical Handbook of Games, (Macmillan, NY, 1922), pages 16-17.)
Base Dodge Ball + (Emily W. Elmore, A Practical Handbook of Games, (Macmillan, NY, 1922), pages 19-20.)
Schlagball + (Endrei, W., and Laszlo Zolnay, Fun and Games in Old Europe. Budapest, (Corvina Klado, 1986).)
Unnamed Games - Balkans + (Endrei, Fun and Games in Old Europe.)
Unnamed Games - Hungarian + (Endrei, Fun and Games in Old Europe.)
Club of Austin, Nevada + (Eureka Daily Sentinel, Aug. 21, Sept. 23, 1879 The Reese River Reveille, April 17, 1868)
Batton + (F. Dennis, The Norfolk Village Green (privately printed, 1917), page 72.)
Knock-Out + (F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 245.)
Line Ball + (F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 365.)
Long Dutch + (F. G. Cassidy et al., … F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 415.The camp program is found at <a href="http://www.bgbrigade.com/programs-8th.asp">http://www.bgbrigade.com/programs-8th.asp</a> www.bgbrigade.com/programs-8th.asp">http://www.bgbrigade.com/programs-8th.asp</a> )

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