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|Description=<p>As played in Eastern PA in the 1850s this game is recalled as having four or five bases or “safety spots,” tagging instead of plugging, the fly rule, the sharing of bases by multiple runners, and a bat made of a rail or clap-board. A game “similar to baseball” recalled as being played by school boys in 1891 in a grove of trees in Beech Grove, Kentucky.</p> | |Description=<p>As played in Eastern PA in the 1850s this game is recalled as having four or five bases or “safety spots,” tagging instead of plugging, the fly rule, the sharing of bases by multiple runners, and a bat made of a rail or clap-board. A game “similar to baseball” recalled as being played by school boys in 1891 in a grove of trees in Beech Grove, Kentucky.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>J. Lambert and H. Reinhard, </span><em>A History of Catasaqua in Lehigh County</em><span> (Searle and Dressler, Allentown, 1914), page 364.</span></p> | |Sources=<p><span>J. Lambert and H. Reinhard, </span><em>A History of Catasaqua in Lehigh County</em><span> (Searle and Dressler, Allentown, 1914), page 364.</span></p> | ||
<p><span>William F. Mason, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Journal of William Franklin Mason</span>, completed in 1954; from <a href="http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/elliott/mason/mason29.txt">http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/elliott/mason/mason29.txt</a>, accessed 2/24/2008.</span></p> | <p><span>William F. Mason, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Journal of William Franklin Mason</span>, completed in 1954; from <a href="http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/elliott/mason/mason29.txt">http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/elliott/mason/mason29.txt</a>, accessed 2/24/2008.</span></p> | ||
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Revision as of 08:41, 28 November 2012
| Game | Round Town (Round Town Ball) |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | PA |
| Regions | US |
| Eras | 1800s, Predecessor |
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| Description | As played in Eastern PA in the 1850s this game is recalled as having four or five bases or “safety spots,” tagging instead of plugging, the fly rule, the sharing of bases by multiple runners, and a bat made of a rail or clap-board. A game “similar to baseball” recalled as being played by school boys in 1891 in a grove of trees in Beech Grove, Kentucky. |
| Sources | J. Lambert and H. Reinhard, A History of Catasaqua in Lehigh County (Searle and Dressler, Allentown, 1914), page 364. William F. Mason, The Journal of William Franklin Mason, completed in 1954; from http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/elliott/mason/mason29.txt, accessed 2/24/2008. |
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