Touch-ball: Difference between revisions
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|Description=<p>Baseball is an American modification, and, of course, an improvement of the old English game of | |Description=<p>Baseball is an American modification, and, of course, an improvement of the old English game of rounders; or, as it is called in West Riding, touch-ball. The children in these districts play it without a bat or club; they strike the ball with the open hand, and have posts or stones at the corners of the playground, which correspond to the ‘bases’ of the American game. If the ball was caught before it reached the ground, or the fielder could hit the striker with it before he reached the ‘touch,’ he was out., quoting the London Post 8/1/1874</p> | ||
<p><br /><strong>Source</strong><br /><span class="source" title="Source">New York Sunday Mercury</span><br /><br /><strong>Date</strong><br /><span class="date" title="Date">1874-08-16 00:00:00</span></p> | <p><br /><strong>Source</strong><br /><span class="source" title="Source">New York Sunday Mercury</span><br /><br /><strong>Date</strong><br /><span class="date" title="Date">1874-08-16 00:00:00</span></p> | ||
|Sources=<p><em>New York Sunday Mercury,</em> August 16, 1874,<em> </em>citing the <em>London Post, </em>August 1, 1874.</p> | |Sources=<p><em>New York Sunday Mercury,</em> August 16, 1874,<em> </em>citing the <em>London Post, </em>August 1, 1874.</p> | ||
Latest revision as of 09:13, 25 February 2022
| Game | Touch-ball |
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| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | |
| Regions | Britain |
| Eras | 1800s, Derivative |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | Baseball is an American modification, and, of course, an improvement of the old English game of rounders; or, as it is called in West Riding, touch-ball. The children in these districts play it without a bat or club; they strike the ball with the open hand, and have posts or stones at the corners of the playground, which correspond to the ‘bases’ of the American game. If the ball was caught before it reached the ground, or the fielder could hit the striker with it before he reached the ‘touch,’ he was out., quoting the London Post 8/1/1874
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| Sources | New York Sunday Mercury, August 16, 1874, citing the London Post, August 1, 1874. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Comment | West Riding was, until 1986, a large subsection of Yorkshire County, England. "Touch" was evidently a word for "base." This description is included in Richard Hershberger's data contribution of newspaper clippings at https://protoball.org/Clipping:Touch_ball. Thanks, Richard! A half-hearted web search for "touch ball yorkshire" was unproductive on 2/25/2022. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Can we learn more about touch-ball's rules and history? Edit with form to add a query |
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