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• 1848.18  + (<p>"Bantam" game?</p>)
• 1840c.34  + (<p>"Leaping and jumping games?</p>)
• 1847.18  + (<p>"Long ball": See 1853.20.</p> <p>"B-hoys": See 1847.14.</p> <p>Can we determine the ages of the players?</p> <p> </p>)
• 1853.6  + (<p>"Mattitue?"  "Oysterponds?"</p>)
• 1846.23  + (<p>"Otto Cottage?"</p>)
• 1828.19  + (<p>"Pedal members"? A pretty good Harvard friend of Protoball can't explain this term.</p> <p>"Delta"?  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>)
• 1830s.29  + (<p>"Sow Ball?"</p>)
• 1827.1  + (<p>"The fellow in the middle?"  Does this suggest the lack of foul ground?</p> <p>What/where is Bridgewater?  Was Bridgewater MA Latham's home town, maybe?</p>)
• 1861.4  + (<p>"interesting phrases"?</p>)
• 1871.4  + (<p> </p> <p> </p>)
• 1871.18  + (<p> </p> <p> </p>)
• 1858.73  + (<p> </p> <p> </p>)
• 1856.38  + (<p> </p> <p> </p>)
• 1862.57  + (<p> </p> <p><em> </em></p>)
• 1841.10  + (<p> </p> <p><strong> </strong></p>)
• 1086.1  + (<p> </p> <p><strong&g … <p> </p></br><p><strong>Note:</strong> We need to confirm whether the Domesday Book actually uses the term "bittle-battle," "stool ball," or what. We also should try to ascertain views of professional scholars on the interpretations of the Book. Martin Hoerchner advises that the British Public Records Office may, at some point, make parts of the Domesday Book available online.</p></br><p>I've not found bittle-battle in the Domesday book [ba]</p>.</p> <p>I've not found bittle-battle in the Domesday book [ba]</p>)
• 1860.93  + (<p> </p> <p>Do we know i … <p> </p></br><p>Do we know if and when baseball's rules mandated these "battery alleys?"  Do we know when they were rescinded? (It is said that only Detroit and Arizona parks use then today.) </p></br><p>Are there other explanations for this practice in 1860?</p></br><p>Can someone retrieve Tom Shieber's original SABR-L posting?</p></br><p>Can we assume/guess that the 1860 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Clipper</span> piece was written by Henry Chadwick?</p></br><p> </p>derline;">Clipper</span> piece was written by Henry Chadwick?</p> <p> </p>)
• Long Ball (US Batting Game)  + (<p> </p> <p>Do we know know if this and other fungo style batting games were known elsewhere in the US?  </p>)
• Sun and Planet  + (<p> </p> <p>Do we know of other accounts of "Sun and Planet?"  A quick internet search in 2021 did not find the game.</p> <p>Do  we know much about indoor play of stool ball??  About stool-ball versions for youths?</p>)
• 1860.61  + (<p> </p> <p>How does this game relate to entry [[1860.9]] above?</p>)
• 1830s.33  + (<p> </p> <p>Is a balk ru … <p> </p></br><p>Is a balk rule -- or the  "stolen" base -- known in cricket or English Base Ball?   Or in any pre-1845 baserunning game?</p></br><p><span>Protoball welcomes further comment on the possible origin of the </span><span class="sought_text">balk</span><span> rule.</span></p></br><div> </div></br><div> </div>pan><span> rule.</span></p> <div> </div> <div> </div>)
• 1862.104  + (<p> </p> <p>Is it clear … <p> </p></br><p>Is it clear why someone would create such a letterhead?</p></br><p>Can we find a fuller description of drive ball?</p></br><p>How does Protoball give a source for John's Tweet for later users who want to see it?</p></br><p> </p></br><p> </p></br><p> </p>r later users who want to see it?</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>)
• 1835.19  + (<p> </p> <p>Is there any way we can zero in on the date and location of this pastime?</p> <p>Do we know what was meant by "Foot Ball" in the early 19th Century?</p> <p>Can we determine what "the Academy" was, and the ages of its students?</p>)
• 1845.27  + (<p> </p> <p>Richard Hers … <p> </p></br><p>Richard Hershberger (email of 2/16/2023) has expressed doubt that the writer is from New York: "Do we know where the writer was from?  It would be very surprising if he were from New York."</p></br><p>Is it generally known whether SOT generally favored reports from certain regions in the 1840??</p></br><p> </p>d reports from certain regions in the 1840??</p> <p> </p>)
• 1830c.39  + (<p> </p> <p>Should our dating at circa 1835 be modified?</p>)

• 1858.49  + (<p> </p> <p>So -- was inter-tribal play was common then? </p>)

• Russian Baseball  + (<p> </p> <p>Was this a team game or a rotational scrub/workup game?</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>)
• 1843.10  + (<p> </p> <p>[] It appear … <p> </p></br><p>[] It appears that the batsman is obliged to run to a second marker <em>and then return</em>; is that the way one-o-cat was commonly played?  (It does appear to be the rule for [[barn ball]].)  -- Protoball functionary, 2/2/2021.</p></br><p> </p>.)  -- Protoball functionary, 2/2/2021.</p> <p> </p>)
• 1866.6  + (<p> </p> <p>[] are there … <p> </p></br><p>[] are there other reliable published sources of the evolution of table-top games, besides John's 2011 blog?</p></br><p>[] is anyone known to be attempting to reconstruct and play this game, or others?</p></br><p>[] can we determine what game events are given in the field of this apparatus?</p></br><p> </p></br><p> </p></br><p> </p>the field of this apparatus?</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>)
• 1860.20  + (<p> Is the cartoon dated?  Is a location given?</p> <p> Is the content from source [3], from 1860, known?</p>)
• 1852.10  + (<p> It might be informative to learn whether this novel has a particular setting (wicket is only known in selected areas) and/or where author Mansfield lived.</p> <p>Is it clear that the setting is the United States?</p> <p> </p>)
• 1806.4  + (<p> It would be helpful to know where Robbins lived in the Western Reserve. </p> <p> </p>)
• 1859.73  + (<p> It would be interesting to know whether the Richmond group asked to see base ball played or it was recommended by New Yorkers.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>)
• 1866.5  + (<p>() Any idea why this morsel hadn' … <p>() Any idea why this morsel hadn't turned up before 2014?</p></br><p>() By 1860, the modern game seems well-established in Chicago -- was it still unfamiliar elsewhere in IL as late as 1866?  </p></br><p>() The writer seems unfamiliar with the modern force-out rule; wasn't that introduced prior in base ball prior to 1866?</p></br><p>() Is it possible that the absence of a comment about the modern no-plugging rule means that local town ball already used a no-plugging rule?</p></br><p>() Many throwback articles mention that the new ball is harder than traditional balls.  Could local town ball have already employed hard balls?</p>n traditional balls.  Could local town ball have already employed hard balls?</p>)
• 1860.91  + (<p>(A) The Protoball PrePro data bas … <p>(A) The Protoball PrePro data base in shows that 44 runs were scored in 8.5 innings in this July 4 game.  That's nearly three runs per half-inning.</p></br><p>(See http://protoball.org/Lone_Star_BBC_Club_of_Rochester_v_Live_Oak_Club_of_Rochester_on_4_July_1860)</p></br><p>So there were lots of baserunners that day.</p></br><p>But there were reportedly only about 2 catcher throws to bases in each half-inning. If bases were stolen routinely in this gloveless era, wouldn't more throws be expected?</p></br><p>(B) Were catcher throws to the bases not similarly recorded in downstate games?</p>lt;p>(B) Were catcher throws to the bases not similarly recorded in downstate games?</p>)
• Puddox, or Puddock  + (<p>(Does South Africa have a Boston, … <p>(Does South Africa have a Boston, too? From Wikipedia, 2022: "Boston is a small town situated in the Mkhomazi and Elands River valley of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.")</p></br><p>Is it clear why this game is called a cricket/rounders hybrid, and not just a cricket offshoot?</p></br><p>Is this game known in Britain and America?</p></br><p> </p>t;Is this game known in Britain and America?</p> <p> </p>)
• 1848.20  + (<p>1848 was the year (see  <span … <p>1848 was the year (see  <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball in the Garden of Eden</span>, p. 35) that the Knickerbockers set out to re-consider their rules.  Did they address playing rules, or just operational ones? Do we know what changes emanated?</p>l ones? Do we know what changes emanated?</p>)
• 1847.21  + (<p><span> </span></p& … <p><span> </span></p></br><p><span>[] Query from Peter Mancuso, 8/6/22 posting to 19CBB:</span></p></br><p><span>"Apparently the Knickerbockers in addition to playing on some reserved field in Hoboken's Elysian Fields also maintained a more steady presence there with the rental of a room, apparently for exclusive use of the club's members.   This taken a step further, begs the question of whether this was a unique relationship limited to the Knickerbockers, or did other clubs also have such an arrangement with the grounds' owners?"</span></p></br><p><span>[] Is it supposed that the Hoboken "room" served as a primitive clubhouse? </span></p>lt;p><span>[] Is it supposed that the Hoboken "room" served as a primitive clubhouse? </span></p>)
• 1871.11  + (<p><span>Have charts like this appeared before? Have writers been referring to such averages in plumbing the relative merits of batsmen?</span></p> <p><span>Did each club send its data to interested news outlets?</span></p>)
• 1840c.26  + (<p><strong>D</strong>oes the full <em>Daily Eagle </em>article say more about two old cat and other safe-haven games?</p> <p>Can we retrieve David's details in his posting?</p> <p> </p>)
• 1842c.9  + (<p><strong>I</strong>is Lester saying this is the first Haverford all-native team, first US all-native team, or what? </p> <p>Can we resolve the discrepancy between 1834 and 18"before 1842" as the time that the club formed?</p>)
• 1863.9  + (<p><strong>Note: </strong>can we determine what Union Army units were deployed to Port Royal and the Sea Islands in early 1863?</p>)
• 1859.6  + (<p><strong>Note:</strong> Can we get text from the sourced citation [A] , and a source for the text citation [B] ? Was this one game or two? How can we find out more about the "Henson club" and the Unknowns?</p>)
• 1858.40  + (<p><strong>Note:</strong> Do we know the outcome? Was cricket attempting to counteract baseball's surge? If so, how? Why didn't it work?</p>)
• 1500s.2  + (<p><strong>Note:</strong> Is it possible to determine the approximate date of this event?</p>)
• 1656.1  + (<p><strong>Note:</strong> … <p><strong>Note:</strong> It would be useful to ascertain what Dutch phrase was translated as "playing ball," and whether the phrase denotes a certain type of game. The population of Manhattan at this time was about 800 [were there enough resident Englishmen to sustain cricket?], and the area was largely a fur trading post. Is it possible that the burghers imported this text from the Dutch homeland?</p></br><p>Can anyone out there google in Dutch?</p>h homeland?</p> <p>Can anyone out there google in Dutch?</p>)
• 1854.8  + (<p><strong>Note:</strong> Pycroft was first published in 1851. See item #[[1851.1]]. Was this material in the first edition?</p>)
• 1863.58  + (<p><strong>Note:</strong> can we locate an original source for the Dryden data?</p> <p>I can't find a mention of this in any online newspaper. A Carlton Dryden, Sgt. in the 10th Iowa, is the likeliest candidate for the "Sgt. Dryden" mentioned.</p>)
• 1857.5  + (<p><strong>Note:</strong> does "place the men on bases" refer to the fielders? Presumably in the MA game such positioning wasn't needed because there was plugging, and there were no force plays at the bases?</p>)
• 1856.20  + (<p><strong>Note:</strong> does this article imply that previously, base ball on the Common was relatively rare?</p>)
• 1855.20  + (<p><strong>Note:</strong> these results seems like deliberates exceptions to the 21-run rule; are there others?  Was the 21-run rule proving too short for practice games?</p>)