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|Year=1853 | |||
|Year Number=2 | |||
|Headline=Dutch Handbook for Boys Covers "Engelsch Balspel," Trap-ball, Tip-cat | |Headline=Dutch Handbook for Boys Covers "Engelsch Balspel," Trap-ball, Tip-cat | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Game=Rounders | |Game=Rounders | ||
|Text=<p> | |Age of Players=Juvenile | ||
|Text=<p> A 163-page book of games and exercises for young boys is described by David Block as "loaded with hand-colored engravings." The book's section on ball games includes a translation of the 1828 <strong>rounders</strong> rules from <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Boy's Own Book</span> (see 1828 entry, above), under the heading <em>Engelsch balspel</em> (English ball). A second game is <em>De wip</em> (the whip), a kind of trap ball. Also <em>De kat</em>, which Block identifies as English tip-cat.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dongens! Wat zal er gespeld worden?</span> (Boys! What Shall We Play?) [Leeuwarden, G. T. N. Suringar], per David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, page 215.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
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| Text | A 163-page book of games and exercises for young boys is described by David Block as "loaded with hand-colored engravings." The book's section on ball games includes a translation of the 1828 rounders rules from The Boy's Own Book (see 1828 entry, above), under the heading Engelsch balspel (English ball). A second game is De wip (the whip), a kind of trap ball. Also De kat, which Block identifies as English tip-cat. |
| Sources | Dongens! Wat zal er gespeld worden? (Boys! What Shall We Play?) [Leeuwarden, G. T. N. Suringar], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 215. |
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