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|Term=Sky-Ball | |Term=Sky-Ball | ||
|Game Family=Fungo | |Game Family=Fungo | ||
|Location=CT | |||
|Game Regions=US | |||
|Game Eras=1800s,Post-1900,Predecessor | |||
|Description=<p>A game banned, along with cat-ball, in Norwich CT in 1832. A 1890 source describes Sky-Ball as a fungo game in which a player who can catch the hit ball qualifies to hit the next fungo.</p> | |Description=<p>A game banned, along with cat-ball, in Norwich CT in 1832. A 1890 source describes Sky-Ball as a fungo game in which a player who can catch the hit ball qualifies to hit the next fungo.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><em>Norwich Courier</em><span>, Volume 11, issue | |Sources=<p><em>Norwich Courier</em><span>, Volume 11, issue 8 </span>(May 16, 1832)<span>, page 1.</span></p> | ||
<p><span><span>H. Philpott, | <p><span><span>H. Philpott, “A Little Boys’ Game with a Ball,” </span><em>The Popular Science Monthly</em><span>, Volume 37, Number 5 (September 1890) page 654.</span></span></p> | ||
<p>Writing in volume 5, no. 4 (April 2012) of ''Originals,'' Tom Altherr notes that a 1900 source on schoolyard games noted "The game of Flip Up or Sky-Ball is still played by smaller children, and sometimes by large ones (especially girls). It is often played by as many as a dozen players and is here known as "Tip-Up," or "Tippy-Up." The 1900 source is D. C. Gibson, "Play Ball," ''Mind and Body: A Monthly Journal'',Volume 7, no 73 (March 1900), page 7. No rules for this game is given.</p> | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:41, 28 November 2012
| Game | Sky-Ball |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Fungo |
| Location | CT |
| Regions | US |
| Eras | 1800s, Post-1900, Predecessor |
| Invented | |
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| Description | A game banned, along with cat-ball, in Norwich CT in 1832. A 1890 source describes Sky-Ball as a fungo game in which a player who can catch the hit ball qualifies to hit the next fungo. |
| Sources | Norwich Courier, Volume 11, issue 8 (May 16, 1832), page 1. H. Philpott, “A Little Boys’ Game with a Ball,” The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 37, Number 5 (September 1890) page 654. Writing in volume 5, no. 4 (April 2012) of Originals, Tom Altherr notes that a 1900 source on schoolyard games noted "The game of Flip Up or Sky-Ball is still played by smaller children, and sometimes by large ones (especially girls). It is often played by as many as a dozen players and is here known as "Tip-Up," or "Tippy-Up." The 1900 source is D. C. Gibson, "Play Ball," Mind and Body: A Monthly Journal,Volume 7, no 73 (March 1900), page 7. No rules for this game is given. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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