Philadelphia Bat Ball

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Game Philadelphia Bat Ball
Game Family Baseball Baseball
Regions US
Eras Post-1900, Derivative
Description

Called an “advanced form” of German Bat Ball, this game involves three bases for runners instead of one, and runners can remain at a base if they believe they cannot safely advance further. Runners can tag up after caught flies. Otherwise, the rules of German Bat Ball apply.

Sources

Emily Elmore and M. O’Shea, A Practical Handbook of Games (Macmillan, New York, 1922), pages 93-95.

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