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{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1853
|Year Number=2
|Headline=Dutch Handbook for Boys Covers "Engelsch Balspel," Trap-ball, Tip-cat
|Headline=Dutch Handbook for Boys Covers "Engelsch Balspel," Trap-ball, Tip-cat
|Year=1853
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Game=Rounders
|Game=Rounders
|Text=<p><u>Dongens! Wat zal er gespeld worden?</u> (Boys! What Shall We Play?) [Leeuwarden, G. T. N. Suringar], per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, page 215.  A 163-page book of games and exercises for young boys, which Block finds is "loaded with hand-colored engravings." The book's section on ball games includes a translation of the 1828 rounders rules from <u>The Boy's Own Book</u> (see 1828 entry, above), under the heading <i>Engelsch balspel</i> (English ball). A second game is <i>De wip</i> (the whip), a kind of trap ball. Also <i>De kat</i>, which Block identifies as English tip-cat.</p>
|Age of Players=Juvenile
|Text=<p>&nbsp;A 163-page book of games and exercises for young boys is described by David Block&nbsp;as "loaded with hand-colored engravings." The book's section on ball games includes a translation of the 1828 <strong>rounders</strong> rules from <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Boy's Own Book</span> (see 1828 entry, above), under the heading <em>Engelsch balspel</em> (English ball). A second game is <em>De wip</em> (the whip), a kind of trap ball. Also <em>De kat</em>, which Block identifies as English tip-cat.</p>
|Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dongens! Wat zal er gespeld worden?</span> (Boys! What Shall We Play?) [Leeuwarden, G. T. N. Suringar], per David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, page 215.</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=2
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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 A 163-page book of games and exercises for young boys is described by David Block as "loaded with hand-colored engravings." The book's section on ball games includes a translation of the 1828 rounders rules from The Boy's Own Book (see 1828 entry, above), under the heading Engelsch balspel (English ball). A second game is De wip (the whip), a kind of trap ball. Also De kat, which Block identifies as English tip-cat.

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Dongens! Wat zal er gespeld worden? (Boys! What Shall We Play?) [Leeuwarden, G. T. N. Suringar], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 215.

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