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|Game Family=Baseball
|Game Family=Baseball
|Game Regions=US
|Game Regions=US
|Game Eras=1800s,Predecessor
|Game Eras=Predecessor, 1800s
|Description=<p>Another name for early base ball, perhaps confined to certain areas.  Usage of the name is known in New England.  As of June 2012, the Protoball Chronology lists 10 references to the game of Goal Ball or Goal, or games in which bases are term "goals."  All refer to play in the six New England states, and all but two are found before 1850.</p>
|Invented Game=No
|Sources=<p>The best known references to Goal Ball are Robin Carver,<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Book of Sports</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (Boston, Lilly Wait Colman and Holden, 1834), pp 37-40, -- see Protoball entry [[1834.1]] --  and <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Boy’s and Girl’s Book of Sports</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (Providence, Cory and Daniels), pp 17-19 -- see Protoball Chronology entry [[1835.6]].</span></span></p>
|Description=<p>Another name for early base ball, perhaps confined to certain areas.&nbsp; Usage of the name is known in New England.&nbsp; As of June 2012, the Protoball Chronology lists 10 references to the game of Goal Ball or Goal, or games in which bases are term "goals."&nbsp; All refer to play in the six New England states, and all but two are found before 1850.</p>
|Sources=<p>The best known references to Goal Ball are Robin Carver,<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Book of Sports</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (Boston, Lilly Wait Colman and Holden, 1834), pp 37-40, -- see Protoball entry [[1834.1]] -- &nbsp;and <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Boy&rsquo;s and Girl&rsquo;s Book of Sports</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (Providence, Cory and Daniels), pp 17-19 -- see Protoball Chronology entry [[1835.6]].</span></span></p>
|Comment=<p>For searches, "gool" and&nbsp; "gool ball" has sometimes given relevant results.</p>
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Description

Another name for early base ball, perhaps confined to certain areas.  Usage of the name is known in New England.  As of June 2012, the Protoball Chronology lists 10 references to the game of Goal Ball or Goal, or games in which bases are term "goals."  All refer to play in the six New England states, and all but two are found before 1850.

Sources

The best known references to Goal Ball are Robin Carver,The Book of Sports (Boston, Lilly Wait Colman and Holden, 1834), pp 37-40, -- see Protoball entry 1834.1 --  and Boy’s and Girl’s Book of Sports (Providence, Cory and Daniels), pp 17-19 -- see Protoball Chronology entry 1835.6.

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For searches, "gool" and  "gool ball" has sometimes given relevant results.

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