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|Location=NC
|Location=NC
|Game Regions=US
|Game Regions=US
|Game Eras=Derivative, Post-1900
|Game Eras=Predecessor, 1800s
|Invented Game=No
|Invented Game=No
|Description=<p>A game described in 1945 another name for town ball, and played in North Carolina with an all-out-side-out rule.&nbsp;</p>
|Description=<p>A game described in 1845 another name for town ball, and played in North Carolina with an all-out-side-out rule.&nbsp;</p>
<p>There is not conclusive evidence that Old Hundred is or was a safe-haven ballgame.&nbsp; However, one North Carolina writer saw it as a "variety of baseball" as played in the 1840s: see chronololgy entry [[1840c.33]].&nbsp; He said that another name for Old Hundred was town-ball.</p>
<p>There is not conclusive evidence that Old Hundred is or was a safe-haven ballgame.&nbsp; However, one North Carolina writer saw it as a "variety of baseball" as played in the 1840s: see chronology entry [[1840c.33]].&nbsp; He said that another name for Old Hundred was town-ball.</p>
|Sources=<p><span>W.&nbsp;</span>Battle<span>,&nbsp;</span><em>Memories of an Old-Time Tar Heel</em><span>,&nbsp;</span>(UNC Press, Chapel Hill, 1945)<span>, page 57.</span></p>
|Sources=<p><span>W.&nbsp;</span>Battle<span>,&nbsp;</span><em>Memories of an Old-Time Tar Heel</em><span>,&nbsp;</span>(UNC Press, Chapel Hill, 1945)<span>, page 57.</span></p>
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Location NC
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Eras Predecessor, 1800s
Invented No
Description

A game described in 1845 another name for town ball, and played in North Carolina with an all-out-side-out rule. 

There is not conclusive evidence that Old Hundred is or was a safe-haven ballgame.  However, one North Carolina writer saw it as a "variety of baseball" as played in the 1840s: see chronology entry 1840c.33.  He said that another name for Old Hundred was town-ball.

Sources

W. BattleMemories of an Old-Time Tar Heel(UNC Press, Chapel Hill, 1945), page 57.

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