Most Wanted: How Many of the 14 Knickerbocker Playing Rules Can be Traced Back to English Baserunning Games?

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Title How Many of the 14 Knickerbocker Playing Rules Can be Traced Back to English Baserunning Games?
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While base ball has long been seen as an American game, many of the modern game's earliest rules are known in juvenile games in Britain.  Which of the Knickerbocker's initial 14 playing rules had precedents in prior English games?

Protoball Sub-area Potential Protoball article on the influence of English base ball on the American game
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Status Unassigned This request is unassigned as of January 2018.
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Submitted by Larry McCray
Submitted on 2018/01/01
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