1850s.49
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Round Ball Played North of Portland, Maine with "Cat Stick" and "Gools"
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | HolidaysHolidays |
| Location | MaineMaine |
| City/State/Country: | [[{{{Country}}}]] |
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| Game | Round BallRound Ball |
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| Age of Players | JuvenileJuvenile |
| Holiday | Fast Day |
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| Text | "Fast Day was a holiday. Usually that day Loring Hill had become bare of snow and, if so, here was a game of round ball on it. "The Village Square, where now stands the round iron water tank was often a lively scene. Baseball and "Nines" did not then exist. But round ball was played, sides being chosen by two players putting alternate hands on the bat (or as we called it the cat stick), the one first reaching the top having the first choice. The ball was not hard but soft and a player was put out either by being caught out as now, or by being struck by the ball thrown at him when running for a base, or as we said then a gool, meaning goal. It was a soft ball, compared with now, but it sometimes stung pretty smartly. |
| Sources | Alfred Cole and Charles F. Whitman, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine (publisher unrecorded, 1915). |
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1850s.49 Round Ball Played North of Portland, Maine with "Cat Stick" and "Gools""
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