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|Text=<p>Williams, J. L., <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Every Boy's Book, a Compendium of All the Sports and Recreations of Youth</span> [London, Dean and Munday], per David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, page 205. This big book covered hundreds of children's pastimes, including feeder, the German game "ball-stock" (ball-stick), and a version of rounders that, unlike the 1828 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Boy's Own Book</span> (see 1828 entry above) is played with five bases laid out in a pentagon instead of four in a diamond, and counter-clockwise running.</p>
|Text=<p>Williams, J. L., <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Every Boy's Book, a Compendium of All the Sports and Recreations of Youth</span> [London, Dean and Munday], per David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, page 205. This big book covered hundreds of children's pastimes, including feeder, the German game "ball-stock" (ball-stick), and a version of rounders that, unlike the 1828 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Boy's Own Book</span> (see 1828 entry above) is played with five bases laid out in a pentagon instead of four in a diamond, and counter-clockwise running.</p>
<p><strong>For Text:</strong> David Block carries two long paragraphs and a field diagram of feeder, and a two-paragraph description of rounders, in Appendix 7, pages 284-286, of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It.</span></p>
<p><strong>For Text:</strong> David Block carries two long paragraphs and a field diagram of feeder, and a two-paragraph description of rounders, in Appendix 7, pages 284-286, of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It.</span></p>
|Comment=<p>The Savannah Morning News, Nov. 23, 1902, has a long article (with illustration) on what it calls "English Town ball." This game features 5 bases an clockwise running of the bases, and appears to be a re-named "5 base rounders."</p>
|Comment=<p>The Savannah Morning News, Nov. 23, 1902, has a long article (with illustration) on what it calls "English Town ball." This game features 5 bases and clockwise running of the bases, and appears to be re-named as "5 base rounders."</p>
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Williams, J. L., The Every Boy's Book, a Compendium of All the Sports and Recreations of Youth [London, Dean and Munday], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 205. This big book covered hundreds of children's pastimes, including feeder, the German game "ball-stock" (ball-stick), and a version of rounders that, unlike the 1828 Boy's Own Book (see 1828 entry above) is played with five bases laid out in a pentagon instead of four in a diamond, and counter-clockwise running.

For Text: David Block carries two long paragraphs and a field diagram of feeder, and a two-paragraph description of rounders, in Appendix 7, pages 284-286, of Baseball Before We Knew It.

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The Savannah Morning News, Nov. 23, 1902, has a long article (with illustration) on what it calls "English Town ball." This game features 5 bases and clockwise running of the bases, and appears to be re-named as "5 base rounders."

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