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|Location=Germany
|Location=Germany
|Game Regions=Europe
|Game Regions=Europe
|Game Eras=1800s,Predecessor
|Game Eras=Predecessor, 1800s
|Description=<p>In Baseball Before We Knew It, [page 207] David Block describes a game in a German manual that “is identical to the early French game of la balle empoisonee,and that an illustration of two boys playing it “shows it to be a bat-and-ball game.</p>
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|Sources=<p><em>Jugndspiele zur Ehhjolung und Erheiterung</em><span> </span>(W. Simmerfled, Tilsit Germany, 1845).</p>
|Description=<p>In Baseball Before We Knew It, [page 207] David Block describes a game in a German manual that &ldquo;is identical to the early French game of la balle empoisonee,&rdquo; and that an illustration of two boys playing it &ldquo;shows it to be a bat-and-ball game." ''Giftball'' in German translates literally as "poison ball."</p>
|Sources=<p><em>Jugndspiele zur Ehhjolung und Erheiterung</em><span>&nbsp;</span>(W. Simmerfled, Tilsit Germany, 1845).&nbsp; Also. email from Bill Hicklin, 1/24/2016.&nbsp;</p>
|Comment=<p>"Gift is a German word for "poison."&nbsp; Thus it is conceivable that the German game derived from the French game of Balle Empoisonee.&nbsp; One can speculate that players were put out when a ball touched them.</p>
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Location Germany
Regions Europe
Eras Predecessor, 1800s
Invented No
Description

In Baseball Before We Knew It, [page 207] David Block describes a game in a German manual that “is identical to the early French game of la balle empoisonee,” and that an illustration of two boys playing it “shows it to be a bat-and-ball game." Giftball in German translates literally as "poison ball."

Sources

Jugndspiele zur Ehhjolung und Erheiterung (W. Simmerfled, Tilsit Germany, 1845).  Also. email from Bill Hicklin, 1/24/2016. 

Comment

"Gift is a German word for "poison."  Thus it is conceivable that the German game derived from the French game of Balle Empoisonee.  One can speculate that players were put out when a ball touched them.

 

 

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