Kitten Ball

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Game	Kitten Ball
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
Location	Chicago, Minnesota
Regions	US
Eras	Post-1900, Derivative
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Description	An off-shoot of Indoor Baseball played early in the 20th Century. In 1920, 64 men's teams and 25 women's teams played regularly in the Twin Cities. Authorites changed the name of the game to diamond ball in 1922. In the 1930s, the game merged with sofball.
Sources	See Paul Dickson, The Worth Book of Softball (Facts on File, 1994), page 52-53.
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