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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1845 | |Year=1845 | ||
|Year Suffix=c | |Year Suffix=c | ||
|Year Number=13 | |||
|Headline=Town-ball in IN Later [and Vaguely?] Recalled | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Text=<p>"Town-ball is one of the old games from which the scientific but not half so amusing "national game" of base-ball has since evolved. . . | |Country=United States | ||
<p>Edward Eggleston, "Some Western School-Masters," < | |State=IN | ||
|Game=Town Ball, | |||
|Text=<p>"Town-ball is one of the old games from which the scientific but not half so amusing "national game" of base-ball has since evolved. . . . There were no scores, but a catch or a cross-out in town-ball put the whole side out, leaving others to take the bat or "paddle" as it was appropriately called."</p> | |||
<p>Edward Eggleston, "Some Western School-Masters," <em>Scribner's Monthly,</em> March 1879. Submitted by David Nevard, 1/26/2007. David notes that this is mainly a story about boys tarrying at recess, and can be dated 1845-1850. In other games, a "cross-out" denotes the retiring of a runner by throwing the ball across his forward path. Contemporary Georgia townball [see #1840.24 above] often used paddles. Egglestoiin was an Hoosier historian and novelist. <strong>Note: </strong> "No scores?</p> | |||
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|Coordinates=40.2671941, -86.1349019 | |||
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| Text | "Town-ball is one of the old games from which the scientific but not half so amusing "national game" of base-ball has since evolved. . . . There were no scores, but a catch or a cross-out in town-ball put the whole side out, leaving others to take the bat or "paddle" as it was appropriately called." Edward Eggleston, "Some Western School-Masters," Scribner's Monthly, March 1879. Submitted by David Nevard, 1/26/2007. David notes that this is mainly a story about boys tarrying at recess, and can be dated 1845-1850. In other games, a "cross-out" denotes the retiring of a runner by throwing the ball across his forward path. Contemporary Georgia townball [see #1840.24 above] often used paddles. Egglestoiin was an Hoosier historian and novelist. Note: "No scores? |
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