Chronology:Round-Ball

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1850s.60 Game of "Round-Ball" Recalled Much Later

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Age of Players:

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     I had heard of that call

            For the game of round-ball,

So I went to the grounds after dinner;

            But the play had begun,

            And I knew there’d be fun,

But I could not imagine the winner.

[ . . .]

     And such glorious fun,

            Just to see the boys run,

Really tickl’d your humble reporter.

                                    J.H.C. (J. H. Cunnabel)

 

For full poem, see Supplemental Text, below.

 

Sources:

Milford Journal, September 22, 1875.

Warning:

Dating this throwback game to the 1850s is arbitrary.  Correction welcomed.

Comment:

This happy poem does not appear to convey details on the game's rules. 

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1850s
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