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Game	Indoor Baseball
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
Location
Regions	US
Eras	Post-1900
Invented	yes
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Description	Chicago -- Evolving from an 1887 innovation in Chicago involving a broomstick as a bat and a boxing glove as the ball, indoor baseball is described in a 1929 survey as particularly popular in gymnasiums in the US mid-west in the early 20th century. The game of softball traces back to indoor play.
Sources	See Paul Dickson, The Worth Book of Softball (Facts on File, 1994), Chapter 3 (pages 46-59). Also, John Allen Krout, Annals of American Sport(Yale University Press, 1929), page 219.
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+|Game Eras=Post-1900
 |Description=<p>Chicago -- Evolving from an 1887 innovation in Chicago involving a broomstick as a bat and a boxing glove as the ball, indoor baseball is described in a 1929 survey as particularly popular in gymnasiums in the US mid-west in the early 20th century. The game of softball traces back to indoor play.</p>
-|Sources=<p><span>See Paul Dickson, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Worth Book of Softball</span> (Facts on File, 1994), Chapter 3 (pages 46-59).&nbsp; Also, <span>John Allen Krout, </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Annals of American Sport</span>(Yale University Press, 1929)<span>, page 219. </span></span></p>
+|Sources=<p><span>See Paul Dickson, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Worth Book of Softball</span> (Facts on File, 1994), Chapter 3 (pages 46-59).  Also, <span>John Allen Krout, </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Annals of American Sport</span>(Yale University Press, 1929)<span>, page 219. </span></span></p>
+|Invented Game=yes
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