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- Tom Altherr, April 2013 + (<p>A monograph on pre-1845 North Ame … <p>A monograph on pre-1845 North American games played with a ball or some other projectile is a goal for [[Tom Altherr]]. The work would include, but not be limited to, safe haven games, and would include indoor a well as outdoor games. He notes that some of this work has appeared in the journal <em>Base Ball, </em>the SABR <em>Originals</em> newsletter, and Protoball’s online chronology and its <em>Next Destin’d Post </em>newsletter. Tom is also interested in ball-playing among slave and free African Americans before 1865 and in the possible contributions of German schlagball, and perhaps other mid-European games, to the evolution of base ball. He remains convinced that ball-playing was more common in North America than most sports historians allow . . . and he continues to confirm that view with fresh finds most every month.</p>irm that view with fresh finds most every month.</p>)