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• Block:English Baseball in Leicestershire on August 12 1882  + (<p>Despite the unusual spelling, the … <p>Despite the unusual spelling, there is little doubt that the word “brace ball” is a reference to baseball. The same spelling showed up exactly one week later in the same newspaper, suggesting that a member of the staff was unfamiliar with the term and spelled it as he or she heard it. Given the setting, it seems likely that the game being played was English baseball, although it should be noted that Leicestershire was the only known location in England where clubs formed to play American-style baseball in the aftermath of the 1874 tour.</p> baseball in the aftermath of the 1874 tour.</p>)

• Block:English Baseball in Leicestershire on August 12 1882  +