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• Moncrief Springs Park  + (1874 Lee Club location)

• 1840s.46  + (<blockquote> <blockquote> < … <blockquote></br><blockquote></br><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr"></br><div class="_rp_i5"></br><div class="_rp_j5 rpHighlightBodyClass rpHighlightAllClass allowTextSelection"></br><div id="Item.MessageNormalizedBody" class="ms-font-color-neutralDark _rp_k5 ms-font-weight-regular"></br><div class="rps_66fe"></br><div class="x_hmmessage"></br><div>[] "I had always supposed that the balk rule was introduced by the crafters of the New York game, but this passage suggests it began to be practiced at some earlier time."  David Block, 19CBB posting, 1/28/2014.</div></br><div> </div></br><div></br><p>[] "I wrote in my book [R. Hershberger. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Strike Four</span>, Rowman and Littlefield, 2019, page 37] that the balk rule seemed to be novel to the 1845 Knickerbocker rules. Evidently not. While this is two years later, it also is from [nearly] a hundred miles away in Kingston, NY, and presented as a homespun saying from the writer's youth." -- Richard Hershberger, 12/9/2020.</p></br><p>[]<em> Added Local color</em>:  "Rondout has been, since 1870, an unincorporated hamlet within the city of Kingston (where I lived for decade; it was called "Rondout" because of its adjoining Roundout Creek, which fed into the Hudson River). The <em>Rondout Freeman</em> in its first incarnation may have indeed lasted till 1847 (founded 1845):<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86071034/">https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86071034/</a>.</p></br><p>"Hudson is a large city about 25 miles north of Kingston, on the other side of the Hudson River, in Columbia County.  Today a bridge connects my hometown of Catskill (west bank) with Hudson (east bank).  Taghkanic is the proper spelling of the tribe for whom today is named the Taconic Parkway."  - John Thorn, email of 12/10/2020.</p></br><p>[]The terms <em>"balk</em>" and <em>"baulk"</em> are both used in period sources.  As of December 2020, a search of "balk" fetches 91 hits in  Richard Hershberger's generous <span style="text-decoration: underline;">19C Clippings</span> file; a "balk OR baulk" search yields 102 hits.  There are no hits for "balk" or "Baulk"  in David <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Block's file</span> on English baseball-like games.</p></br><p>[] As of 12/12/2020, Protoball has no other record of the balk prior to 1845.  </p></br><p>For a succinct summary of our desultory learning about balks/baulks from 2010 to 2020, see the <strong>Supplementary Text</strong>, below.</p></br><p> </p></br><p><br/><br/></p></br></div></br></div></br></div></br></div></br></div></br></div></br></div></br></blockquote></br></blockquote>t balks/baulks from 2010 to 2020, see the <strong>Supplementary Text</strong>, below.</p> <p> </p> <p><br/><br/></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </blockquote>)
• 1830s.33  + (<blockquote> <div><span> … <blockquote></br><div><span>[] "Here is another early example of baseball terminology being used to illustrate a non-sports topic."</span></div></br><div><span> </span></div></br><div><span>The text appeared in the June 5, 1847 issue of the <em>Roundout Freeman</em> (Roundout was a Hudson River community that has since been swallowed by the town of Kingston).</span></div></br><div><span> </span></div></br><div></br><div>"I had always supposed that the balk rule was introduced by the crafters of the New York game, but this passage suggests it began to be practiced at some earlier time."</div></br><div> </div></br><div>-- David Block, 11/12/2010</div></br></div></br><div><span> </span></div></br><div><span><span>[] "I wrote in my book [R. Hershberger. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Strike Four,</span> Rowman and Littlefield, 2019, page 37] that the balk rule seemed to be novel to the 1845 Knickerbocker rules. Evidently not. While this is two years later, it also is from [nearly] a hundred miles away in Kingston, NY, and presented as a homespun saying from the writer's youth." -- Richard Hershberger, 19CBB posting, 12/9/2020</span></span></div></br><div><span><span> </span></span></div></br><div><span><span>[] John Thorn, email of 1/31/2023:  "This will testify to the antiquity of the balk rule and give a hint that it meant a feint."  -- John Thorn, 1/31/2023 </span></span></div></br><div><span><span> </span></span></div></br><div>[] As of February 2023, Protoball has no other data on pre-1845 balk rules.  Richard Hershberger hasn't found any yet.</div></br><div> </div></br><div>[] Added Local color:  "Rondout has been since 1870, an unincorporated hamlet within the city of Kingston (where I lived for decade; it was called "Rondout" because of its adjoining Roundout Creek, which fed into the Hudson River). The <em>Rondout Freeman</em> in its first incarnation may have indeed lasted till 1847 (founded 1845):<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86071034/">https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86071034/</a>.</div></br><div></br><p>"Hudson is a large city about 25 miles north of Kingston, on the other side of the Hudson River, in Columbia County.  Today a bridge connects my hometown of Catskill (west bank) with Hudson (east bank).  Taghkanic is the proper spelling of the tribe for whom today is named the  Taconic Parkway." </p></br><p>-- John Thorn, email of 12/10/2020.</p></br><p> </p></br><span><span><br/></span></span></div></br></blockquote>on the other side of the Hudson River, in Columbia County.  Today a bridge connects my hometown of Catskill (west bank) with Hudson (east bank).  Taghkanic is the proper spelling of the tribe for whom today is named the  Taconic Parkway." </p> <p>-- John Thorn, email of 12/10/2020.</p> <p> </p> <span><span><br/></span></span></div> </blockquote>)
• Star Club of Galena  + (<br>)
• Clipper Club of Van Buren  + (<br>)
• Augusta Base Ball Grounds  + (<br>)
• Excelsior Grounds II near Red Hook  + (<br>)
• Pierre Reds of Pierre  + (<br>)
• Mystic Club of Oxford Academy  + (<br>)
• Old Timers v Newcomers on 28 October 1906  + (<br>)
• Club of Rushford  + (<br>)
• In Mankato in 1864  + (<br>)
• Lone Nine Club of Ashland  + (<br>)
• Montgomery Club of Ashland  + (<br>)
• Red Caps Club of Ashland  + (<br>)
• Plow Boy Club of Riverside  + (<br>)
• 1864.98  + (<br>)
• Independent Club of Dundas  + (<br>)
• Chicago Tribune Compositors  + (<br>)
• Chicago Evening Post Reporters  + (<br>)
• Nelke and Co. Nine  + (<br>)
• Genesee Club of Wellsville  + (<br>)
• Nationals Club of Taylorville  + (<br>)
• Club of Taylorville  + (<br>)
• Star Club of Morton  + (<br>)
• Cragin Brothers Hardware Store Club of Chicago  + (<br>)
• Juniors Club of Valparaiso  + (<br>)
• Grove City Club of Crown Point  + (<br>)
• Silver Star Club of Yorkville  + (<br>)
• Lone Star Club of New Orleans v Southern Club of New Orleans on 25 July 1869  + (<br>)
• Club of Haydenville  + (<br>)
• Clarendon Club of New York  + (<br>)
• Blue Stocking Club of Cleves  + (<br>)
• Star Club of Randolph  + (<br>)
• Seneca Club of Troy  + (<br>)
• Counter-Jumpers Club of Amboy  + (<br>)
• Club of Blandinsville  + (<br>)
• Shakespeare Club of Bunker Hill  + (<br>)
• U.S. Assessor's Office Club of Chicago  + (<br>)
• Magneta Club of Cairo  + (<br>)
• Caterpillar Club of Cairo  + (<br>)
• Stag Club of Camden  + (<br>)
• Normal Club of Carlyle  + (<br>)
• Athletic Club of Jerseyville  + (<br>)
• Grand Army of the Republic Club of Rockford  + (<br>)
• Printers Club of Rockford  + (<br>)
• East Rockford Club of Rockford  + (<br>)
• Independent Club of Prairie Creek Township  + (<br>)
• Cricket Club of Binghamton  + (<br>)
• Union Club of Bloomfield v Washington Club of Newark on 24 July 1858  + (<br>)