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Game	Giftball
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
Location	Germany
Regions	Europe
Eras	Predecessor, 1800s
Invented	No
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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.
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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. Edit with form to add a comment
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-|Description= In Baseball Before We Knew It, [page 207] David Block describes a game in a German manual[77] 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.
+|Game Regions=Europe
+|Game Eras=Predecessor, 1800s
+|Invented Game=No
+|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>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+|Has Supplemental Text=No
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