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Dutch Handbook for Boys Covers "Engelsch Balspel," Trap-ball, Tip-cat

Salience Noteworthy
Game Rounders
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Juvenile
Text

Dongens! Wat zal er gespeld worden? (Boys! What Shall We Play?) (Leeuwarden, G. T. N. Suringar, 1853), A 163-page book of games and exercises for young boys, described by David Block as "loaded with hand-colored engravings." The book's section on ball games includes a translation of the 1828 rounders rules from The Boy's Own Book (see 1828.1 entry, above) but is diagrammed with a diamond-shaped infield, under the heading Engelsch balspel (English ball). A second game is De wip (the whip), a kind of trap ball. Also [[De kat]], which Block identifies as English tip-cat.

Sources

David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 215.

Warning

In 2016, an 1845 edition of this book was discovered, and Protoball began to explore translations of its text.  See http://protoball.org/1845.29.

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