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Doctor Writes of North Carolina Game Resembling Ireland's Trap Ball
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| Text | Brickell, an Irishman, writes of NC Indians: "They have [a] game which is managed with a Battoon, and very much resembles our Trap-ball." Brickell, John., The Natural History of North Carolina [James Carson, Dublin, 1737], p. 336. Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, ref # 20. |
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1737. Doctor Writes of North Carolina Game Resembling Ireland's Trap Ball"
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