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A list of all pages that have property "Text"Text" is a predefined property that represents text of arbitrary length and is provided by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_properties">Semantic MediaWiki</a>." with value "&lt;p&gt;Writing in 1866, a man ("W") in Rochester NY described the game he had played "forty years since." That game featured balls made from raveled woolen stockings and covered by a shoemaker, a softer ball - "not as hard as a brick" than the NY ball, no fixed team size, soft tosses from the pitcher who took no run-up, "tick" hitting, the bound rule, plugging, a mix of flat and round bats. He suggests organizing a throw-back game to show 1860's youth "what grey heads can do."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;"W," "The Game of Base Ball in the Olden Time," &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Rochester Evening Express&lt;/span&gt; (July 10, 1866), page 3, column 4. Provided by Priscilla Astifan, 2006. To read the full text, go &lt;a&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; the writer does not say where he played these games, mentioning that he moved to Rochester three years before.&lt;/p&gt;". Since there have been only a few results, also nearby values are displayed.

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    • 1825c.12  + (<p>Writing in 1866, a man ("W") in R … <p>Writing in 1866, a man ("W") in Rochester NY described the game he had played "forty years since." That game featured balls made from raveled woolen stockings and covered by a shoemaker, a softer ball - "not as hard as a brick" than the NY ball, no fixed team size, soft tosses from the pitcher who took no run-up, "tick" hitting, the bound rule, plugging, a mix of flat and round bats. He suggests organizing a throw-back game to show 1860's youth "what grey heads can do."</p></br><p>"W," "The Game of Base Ball in the Olden Time," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Rochester Evening Express</span> (July 10, 1866), page 3, column 4. Provided by Priscilla Astifan, 2006. To read the full text, go <a>here</a>. <strong>Note:</strong> the writer does not say where he played these games, mentioning that he moved to Rochester three years before.</p>t say where he played these games, mentioning that he moved to Rochester three years before.</p>)
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