In Monroe in 1849
| Date of Game | 1849 |
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| Game | Bull Pen, Two Cornered Cat, Town Ball |
| Location | Monroe, IN, United States |
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| Description | Son recalls Schoolmaster Ben Kennedy (b. 1832) teaching school in rural Putnam County, IN 1849-56 and how he showed his students how good he was at bull pen, town ball, two- three- or four-cornered cat. Page 16 has a discussion of ante-over (aka anthony over) |
| Sources | Millard F. Kennedy, "Schoolmaster of Yesterday" p. 95, 16 |
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| Comment | The ball playing with which the boys and younger men amused themselves was of various kinds. There was sock-ball and paddle-ball, alley-ball, "shinney" and "Antony-over" and maybe other kinds. Sock ball was a game in which each player dug a little round hole in the ground with his heel. The fellow who was "It" would drop the ball into one of these holes. The proprietor of the hole would pick it out and "sock" one of the other players with it. He in turn, would drop it into another fellow's hole who would "sock" another and so on. Paddle-ball was the game of base-ball in a rudimentary form. Two sides would be chosen. Four corners established. One fellow would "give ball" and one of the opposing side strike. When the fellow at the bat -- which was a flat paddle -- had hit or "tipped" the ball, three times he had to run. If, when he ran to first base or to any other corner, the opposing side could hit him or throw the ball between him and the corner to which he was running, he was "out". It was a good game. Lots of action, lots of exercise, lots of fun in it. Alley-ball was played against the blank wall of a building, the players on each side, after the ball was thrown against the wall matching themselves to keep the ball, with their hands, as it came down or at the first bounce, from falling to the ground. The back wall of the "little school house", and the south end of the Allen tavern were two favorite places for the playing of this game. "Antony-over" was played by sides chosen as in the others. One side would go to one side and the other to the other side of a building, then the man or boy with the ball would throw it over the building crying "Antony, Antony over". If the ball were caught on the other side, he who caught it would run around and throw it to hit an opposing player. If he hit him the opponent had to go with him to his own side. If he missed he must stay on the side he opposed. See Hisiory of the Village of Prospect, PA (1912) Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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