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|Year=1855 | |Year=1855 | ||
|Year Suffix=c | |Year Suffix=c | ||
|Year Number=8 | |||
|Headline=New British Manual of Sports Describes Rounders | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Country=England | |||
|Game=Rounders | |Game=Rounders | ||
|Text=<p>Walsh, J. H. ("Stonehenge"), < | |Text=<p>An English sports manual includes a description and diagram of rounders that Block characterizes as "generally consistent with other accounts of rounders and pre-1845 baseball." This version of the game used a pentagon-shaped infield and counterclockwise base running.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Walsh, J. H. ("Stonehenge"), <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Manual of British Rural Sports</span> (London, G. Routledge, 1855), per David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, page 216.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Text | An English sports manual includes a description and diagram of rounders that Block characterizes as "generally consistent with other accounts of rounders and pre-1845 baseball." This version of the game used a pentagon-shaped infield and counterclockwise base running. |
Sources | Walsh, J. H. ("Stonehenge"), Manual of British Rural Sports (London, G. Routledge, 1855), per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 216. |
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