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|Term=Baste Ball | |Term=Baste Ball | ||
|Game Family=Baseball | |Game Family=Baseball | ||
|Game | |Game Regions=US | ||
|Description=<p>Apparently a variant spelling of base ball. The most famous usage is in a Princeton | |Game Eras=1700s,1800s | ||
|Sources=<p><span>See Protoball Chronology entry [[1786.1]].</span><span> | |Description=<p>Apparently a variant spelling of base ball. The most famous usage is in a Princeton student’s diary entry for 1786 (5 years before the first known use of "base ball" in the US), which reveals only that the game involves catching and hitting.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>See Protoball Chronology entry [[1786.1]].</span><span> </span><span>A second entry, [[1848c.9]], includes baste ball in a list of boyhood games played by future US President Benjamin Harrison.</span></p> | |||
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Revision as of 09:17, 4 July 2012
| Game | Baste Ball |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | |
| Regions | US |
| Eras | 1700s, 1800s |
| Invented | |
| Tags | |
| Description | Apparently a variant spelling of base ball. The most famous usage is in a Princeton student’s diary entry for 1786 (5 years before the first known use of "base ball" in the US), which reveals only that the game involves catching and hitting. |
| Sources | See Protoball Chronology entry 1786.1. A second entry, 1848c.9, includes baste ball in a list of boyhood games played by future US President Benjamin Harrison. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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