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• 1816.4  + (<p><strong>Query:</strong> Does the game appear to uses bases?</p> <p>   <em>No.  Like most forms of longball, there are a home line and a goal line at opposite ends of the field.</em></p>)
• 1857.23  + (<p><strong>Query:</strong> [1] "The old CT game?" Wasn't that wicket? </p>)
• 1867.21  + (<p><strong>[A] </strong> … <p><strong>[A] </strong>Is "Pony Club" a common term for teen clubs?</p></br><div><span><span> - - from John Thorn, 9/22/20:  "The Clipper has citations for "pony team" from 1874 on, perhaps signifying junior team or just whippersnappers. Here, from Sept 8, 1888:"</span></span></div></br><div><span><span> </span></span></div></br><div><span><span><span>BOSTON, Sept 2 . —Coming home with a record of seven victories in eight games is a far different thing from doing so after having won four games out of twenty. Add to this the fact that three straight victories were gained over New York on their own heath and that by what Boston fans look upon as a<span> </span></span><span class="highlightcolor">pony team</span><span>, and it is little wonder that the warmest and most enthusiastic kind of a welcome was bestowed upon the Boston team on Thursday last and that cheer after cheer greeted the appearance of the nine and each man as he stepped to the bat.<span> </span></span></span></span></div></br><p>---</p></br><p><strong>[B] </strong>Wasn't $1500 a tidy sum in 1867?</p></br><p> -- from John Thorn, 9/22/20: "$1500 was a hefty prize: $<strong>27,783.73 </strong>in 2019 dollars (via Consumer Price Index adjustment)."</p>ng>[B] </strong>Wasn't $1500 a tidy sum in 1867?</p> <p> -- from John Thorn, 9/22/20: "$1500 was a hefty prize: $<strong>27,783.73 </strong>in 2019 dollars (via Consumer Price Index adjustment)."</p>)
• Eagle Club of New York v St. Nicholas Club of New York on 9 August 1859  + (<p>==</p>)
• 1844.13  + (<p>Adult play is suggested by choice of late-day meeting.</p>)
• 1797.1  + (<p>Altherr [p. 27] puts this date "at the turn of the century."  Do we know where the 1797 date originated?  Was Webster at Dartmouth then?</p>)
• 1806.2  + (<p>Altherr reports that "Gilbert des … <p>Altherr reports that "Gilbert described some sort of ball play as common on the village commons." (See Block, Ibid., page 241). Can we determine Gilbert's usage in calling such play common? Does the clue that the ball was "worsted" (woolen, or made of wool cloth?) add a helpful clue as to the nature of the game played?</p>ue as to the nature of the game played?</p>)
• 1786.1  + (<p>An article has appeared about Smi … <p>An article has appeared about Smith's journal. See Woodward, Ruth, "Journal at Nassau Hall," PULC 46 (1985), pp. 269-291, and PULC 47 (1986), pp 48-70. <strong>Note:</strong> Does this article materially supplement our appreciation of Smith's brief comment?</p>ly supplement our appreciation of Smith's brief comment?</p>)
• 1800c.12  + (<p>Any clues as to the location of recalled games?</p>)
• 1555c.1  + (<p>Any idea what "rene base" might have meant in those days?  Could it refer to a much older form of the team-tag game later known as prisoner's base? </p>)
• 1800c.11  + (<p>Any idea what 'cat and ball' might have been?  In February 2021 Protoball does not find that phrase.  It is conceivable that the author misheard his father's use of "bat and ball" as "cat and ball." </p>)
• 1872.2  + (<p>Any idea who might have written this little barb at the NYT?  Was it widely quoted in the US?</p>)
• 1871.1  + (<p>Are Carthage and Dallas and Ft. Madison nearby towns?</p>)
• Cat (Kat)  + (<p>Are Twentieth Century forms of Old-Cat know in New York City or other US locations? </p>)
• 1823.6  + (<p>Are any reports available on the rules of the game as played at Round Hill?</p> <p>Beck didn't give the game a particular name?</p>)
• 1867.22  + (<p>Are earlier cases known?</p> <p>Is it known whether these press accommodations were normally granted by a ball club, like the Eureka, or by the owner of the ballfield?</p>)
• 1867.26  + (<p>Are other baserunning games known that were to be played on horseback?</p> <p>Do we know what "Comic Monthlies" were?</p> <p> </p>)
• Scrub  + (<p>Are other forms of Scrub remembered.  Have rules been published authoritatively somewhere?</p>)
• 1868.8  + (<p>Are other post-War throwback games seen in the area?</p>)
• 1000c.1  + (<p>Are the Sagas taken as accurate by scholars of Viking exploits?</p> <p>When did the three siblings live in Vinland?  Were the houses built in what is now US or Canada?</p> <p>When were the Sagas written? </p> <p> </p>)
• 1835c.11  + (<p>Are the players children?</p>)
• 1835c.18  + (<p>Are there any contemporary references to "base ball" in CT before this?</p>)
• Wiffle ball  + (<p>Are there documented forms of wiffle ball that use live baserunners?</p> <p>Has anyone done a directory of known variant games played with a wiffle ball? </p>)
• 1859.41  + (<p>Are there earlier claims for the first Knicks-style game in Canada? Item #1856.18 above was likely a predecessor game, right?</p>)
• 1818.4  + (<p>Are there other sightings of this 1818 cricket account?</p>)

• 1830s.12  + (<p>Are these Welch's own recollections? </p>)

• 1862c.56  + (<p>Are these the only two other known collection of entry fees in the middle 1860s?</p>)
• 1824.6  + (<p>Are we sure we haven't got Holmes … <p>Are we sure we haven't got Holmes <em>pere et fils</em> confused?  OWH Sr (1809-1894), the poet and novelist, attended Andover and Harvard in the 1820s.  OWH Jr (1841-1935) attended Harvard in the 1850s, served in the Civil War and became a justice of the US Supreme Court.--WCH</p></br><p> </p>US Supreme Court.--WCH</p> <p> </p>)
• 1867.28  + (<p>As a set, do these rules resemble … <p>As a set, do these rules resemble contemporary rules for cricket in the 1860s?  Do they align with cricket rules in 1800?</p></br><p>Do we know what the ball was like?  Presumably, tennis balls were hand-wound string in this era, and the ball may have resembled cricket balls and base balls for the era.  </p> balls and base balls for the era.  </p>)
• 1872.4  + (<p>Asking, 3/18/2022:</p> < … <p>Asking, 3/18/2022:</p></br><p>Was it common for pro league clubs to play amateur clubs?  (see BA response, above)</p></br><p>Did the game come off?</p></br><p>Asking, 3/19/2022:</p></br><p>Was the Boston club known as the Red Stockings in 1872?</p></br><p> </p></br><p>Was the proposed game to amount to a pre-season warmup for the Boston pros?</p> <p> </p> <p>Was the proposed game to amount to a pre-season warmup for the Boston pros?</p>)
• 1666.1  + (<p>Bunyan was born in 1628.  Are we sure that this event can be dated 1666, when he was nearly forty years old?</p>)
• 1844.16  + (<p>Can anyone make a guess at the me … <p>Can anyone make a guess at the meaning of "hurra for Connecticut" for a game played in the far north of NYS?  Was the area known for its emigres from CT?</p></br><p>Answer: I believe the reference is to the gains the Whig Party made in the recent CT elections. Just as the local Whigs beat the Loco-Focos (Democrats) at base ball, the CT Whigs beat the Democrats at the polls. [ba]</p> the CT Whigs beat the Democrats at the polls. [ba]</p>)
• 370c.1  + (<p>Can historians identify the "game of ball" that Augustine might have played in the fourth Century? Are the translations to "game of ball," "games," and "sport" still deemed accurate?</p>)
• BC700c.1  + (<p>Can other readers throw any more light on this ancient (and, to Protoball, handsomely <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>obscure</em></span>) text?</p>)
• 1854.22  + (<p>Can readers provide insight as to what game was played on Boston Common in 1854, whether there was a post Civil War league in this area, and otherwise help us interpret this account? </p>)
• 1828.17  + (<p>Can someone help us obtain the text of this newspaper piece?</p>)
• Block:London Dictionary Defines "Baseball" in 1768  + (<p>Can the Shakespeare citation be l … <p>Can the Shakespeare citation be located?</p></br><p>Yes. The cite is to Cymbeline, Act 5, Scene 3. [ba] </p></br><div id="copyPaste"><span id="line-5.3.22" title="5.3.22">"He with two striplings—lads more like to run</span><br/><span id="line-5.3.23" title="5.3.23">The country base than to commit such slaughter,"</span></div></br><div class="post-inner section-inner"> </div>mmit such slaughter,"</span></div> <div class="post-inner section-inner"> </div>)
• 1538.1  + (<p>Can the actual text be retrieved?</p>)
• 1758.1  + (<p>Can the date of the diary entry be traced?</p>)
• 1860.1  + (<p>Can this estimate be reconciled with #1859.40 above? The number of clubs doubled in one year?</p>)
• 1870.4  + (<p>Can we add any indication of why the club disbanded?</p>)
• 1867.5  + (<p>Can we add something about the first game, and the sites of each game?  A bit more about interim game scoring?</p>)
• BC1500c.1  + (<p>Can we add specific sources for these points?</p>)
• 1840s.45  + (<p>Can we assess the accuracy of his … <p>Can we assess the accuracy of his summary?  Is wicket known to be played in   the vicinity or in other colleges?</p></br><p>Cutting p. 113 says the "wicket ground was in the rear of the chapel" thus confirming that wicket was played on the campus. [ba]</p>hat wicket was played on the campus. [ba]</p>)
• 1828.20  + (<p>Can we assume that 'pedal members' pertained to the feet, and that it was thus foot ball, and not the two base-running games that caused the bruises? </p>)
• 1815c.2  + (<p>Can we be certain that this was a base-running game?  Can we rule out that the game was a vigorous 1800's form of handball?</p>)
• 1836.5  + (<p>Can we clarify what game Forbes p … <p>Can we clarify what game Forbes played (rounders? round ball?). </p></br><p> Reader Reply: I would suggest that this is reasonably persuasive evidence that Brits and Yanks were playing effectively the same game, under whatever name. No mention of rules disputes or confusion arises; and one gets the distinct impression, in parallel with ca. 1830s rules descriptions, that both national contingents set to without fuss and that there was little if any difference between English "rounders" and American "X-ball." --WCHicklin (date unspecified).</p>ican "X-ball." --WCHicklin (date unspecified).</p>)
• 1700.1  + (<p>Can we confirm this citation, and that it refers to cricket? Do we know of any earlier public announcements of safe-haven games?</p>)
• 1807.3  + (<p>Can we determine from biographica … <p>Can we determine from biographical information where and when Barry attended college? Is it significant that Barry reprises the phrase "urge the flying ball," seen as a cricket phrase in Pope [see #1730.1] and Gray [#1747.1]? Did Barry live/play in MD?</p>d Gray [#1747.1]? Did Barry live/play in MD?</p>)
• 1802c.1  + (<p>Can we determine the SC location recalled, why Tom dated it as circa 1802, or what form the ballplaying took? </p>)
• 1850s.3  + (<p>Can we determine the year the club formed?  Was it a junior clcub?</p>)