Old Hundred

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Game Old Hundred
Game Family Baseball Baseball
Location NC
Regions US
Eras Predecessor, 1800s
Invented No
Description

A game described in 1845 as another name for town ball, and played in North Carolina with an all-out-side-out rule. 

There is not conclusive evidence that Old Hundred is or was a safe-haven ballgame.  However, one North Carolina writer saw it as a "variety of baseball" as played in the 1840s: see chronology entry 1840c.33

Sources

W. BattleMemories of an Old-Time Tar Heel(UNC Press, Chapel Hill, 1945), page 57.

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