Squares

From Protoball
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Glossary of Games
Glossary book.png

Chart: Predecessor and Derivative Games Pdf ico.gif
Predecessor Games
Derivative Games
Glossary of Games, Full List

Game Families

Baseball · Kickball · Scrub · Fungo · Hat ball · Hook-em-snivy


Untagged Games

Add a Game
Add a Family of Games
Game Squares
Game Family Baseball Baseball
Regions Britain
Eras 1800s, Predecessor
Description

According to Block, an 1838 encyclopedia describes the game of Squares as “roughly identical” to contemporary Rounders and Baseball.

Sources

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).

Comment Edit with form to add a comment
Query Edit with form to add a query



Comments

<comments voting="Plus" />