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|Text=<p>Strutt, Joseph., <u>The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England</u> [London, 1801]. Need page reference [is on page 102 of 1903 edition].  Strutt's account does not portray stoolball as a running game, or one that uses a bat.  Strutt also treats cricket [but only cursorily], trap-ball, and tip-cat . . . but not rounders or base-ball.  David Block [page 183] points out that Strutt views a game he calls "club ball" as the precursor to this set of games, but notes that modern scholars are skeptical about this proposition.</p>
|Text=<p>Strutt, Joseph., <u>The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England</u> [London, 1801]. Need page reference [is on page 102 of 1903 edition].  Strutt's account does not portray stoolball as a running game, or one that uses a bat.  Strutt also treats cricket [but only cursorily], trap-ball, and tip-cat . . . but not rounders or base-ball.  David Block [page 183] points out that Strutt views a game he calls "club ball" as the precursor to this set of games, but notes that modern scholars are skeptical about this proposition.</p>
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Strutt, Joseph., The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England [London, 1801]. Need page reference [is on page 102 of 1903 edition]. Strutt's account does not portray stoolball as a running game, or one that uses a bat. Strutt also treats cricket [but only cursorily], trap-ball, and tip-cat . . . but not rounders or base-ball. David Block [page 183] points out that Strutt views a game he calls "club ball" as the precursor to this set of games, but notes that modern scholars are skeptical about this proposition.

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