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|Description=<p>In Baseball Before We Knew It, [page 207] David Block describes a game in a German manual that “is identical to the early French game of la balle empoisonee,” and that an illustration of two boys playing it “shows it to be a bat-and-ball game.</p> | |Description=<p>In Baseball Before We Knew It, [page 207] David Block describes a game in a German manual that “is identical to the early French game of la balle empoisonee,” and that an illustration of two boys playing it “shows it to be a bat-and-ball game." ''Giftball'' in German translates literally as "poison ball."</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><em>Jugndspiele zur Ehhjolung und Erheiterung</em><span> </span>(W. Simmerfled, Tilsit Germany, 1845). Also. email from Bill Hicklin, 1/24/2016. </p> | |Sources=<p><em>Jugndspiele zur Ehhjolung und Erheiterung</em><span> </span>(W. Simmerfled, Tilsit Germany, 1845). Also. email from Bill Hicklin, 1/24/2016. </p> | ||
|Comment=<p>"Gift is a German word for "poison." Thus it is conceivable that the German game derived from the French game of Balle Empoisonee. One can speculate that players were put out when a ball touched them.</p> | |Comment=<p>"Gift is a German word for "poison." Thus it is conceivable that the German game derived from the French game of Balle Empoisonee. One can speculate that players were put out when a ball touched them.</p> | ||
Latest revision as of 09:52, 20 February 2016
| Game | Giftball |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | Germany |
| Regions | Europe |
| Eras | Predecessor, 1800s |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | In Baseball Before We Knew It, [page 207] David Block describes a game in a German manual that “is identical to the early French game of la balle empoisonee,” and that an illustration of two boys playing it “shows it to be a bat-and-ball game." Giftball in German translates literally as "poison ball." |
| Sources | Jugndspiele zur Ehhjolung und Erheiterung (W. Simmerfled, Tilsit Germany, 1845). Also. email from Bill Hicklin, 1/24/2016. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Comment | "Gift is a German word for "poison." Thus it is conceivable that the German game derived from the French game of Balle Empoisonee. One can speculate that players were put out when a ball touched them.
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