1810c.1
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"Poisoned Ball" Appears in French Book of Games
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Location | FranceFrance |
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Game | Poisoned BallPoisoned Ball |
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Age of Players | JuvenileJuvenile |
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Text | The rules for "Poisoned Ball" are described in a French book of boy's games: "In a court, or in a large square space, four points are marked: one for the home base, the others for bases which must be touched by the runners in succession, etc." To See the Text: David Block carries a three-paragraph translation of text in Appendix 7, page 279, of Baseball Before We Knew It. David notes that the French text does not say directly that a bat is used in this game; the palm may have been used to "repel" the ball. |
Sources | Les Jeux des Jeunes Garcons [Paris, c.1810]. Per Robert Henderson. Note: David Block's Baseball Before We Knew It, at page 186-187, dates this book at 1815, some of the doubt perhaps arising from the fact that the earliest [undated?] extant copy is a fourth edition. |
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Comment | We have one other reference to poisoned ball, from about three decades later. See item 1850c.8. Edit with form to add a comment |
Query | This game has similarity to base ball; could a French-speaking digger take a few moments to sort out whether more is known about the rules, origins, and fate of the game? Edit with form to add a query |
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