Chronology:Roundstakes
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1845c.36 We Played Roundstakes as a Boy
Game:
Age of Players:
As a boy we played "Roundstakes, which was the original baseball game." The author mentions Eb and Dow Rinus as the best players, and they were born 1829 and 1836. Thus the games were c. 1840-45.
Sources: "Reminiscences of Plymouth, Luzerne County, Penna."
Circa
1845