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...ge chapbook includes a trap-ball scene and a "small baseball image," notes Block.</p>

|Author=Block, D. |Pages=17-28

...r belonging to the in-team, but otherwise resembles baseball and rounders. Block concludes that there is insufficient evidence to say whether Th&egrave;que ...he Roots of the Game (University&nbsp;of&nbsp;Nebraska Press, 2005).</em>, pages 147-148.</p>

|Author=Block, David |Pages=298

|Author=Block, David |Pages=32 - 37

|Author=Block, David |Pages=50 - 54

...ges are given over to base ball, the newly composed rules for the MA game. Block: "Its historical significance lies in the fact that this was the first trea |Sources=<p>David Block,&nbsp;<span>Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, pages 218-219</p>

|Author=Block, David |Pages=5 - 9

...an> [New Haven, S. Babcock, 1839], pp. 11-12, per Henderson, ref 21. David Block, in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</s ...ter all its players are put out. The terms "innings" and "diamond" appear [Block thinks for the first time] and base running is switched to counter-clockwis

|Author=Block, David |Pages=5 - 9

...(see entry #1841.1, above), this book is called "original and unusual" by Block. For one thing, it includes two forms of trap-ball, the second being the " ...<b>Note:</b> Does the book identify rounders with old-cat games, or does Block so that?</p>

...Tut-ball is "a sort of stobball." Other games are similarly covered, but Block does not quote them. It seems that Halliwell was not a fan of sport. <b>No

<p>Block advises [11/6/2005 communication] that Gutsmuths provides "the first hard, ...alle Freunde Unschuldiger Jugendfreuden [Schnepfenthal, Germany] per David Block, page 181.</span>. This roughly translates as: <span style="text-decoration

...underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It,</span> pages 105-107 and 183-184. Block says that "pilam bacculoream" translates as "ball play with a stick or staf

...u> [London, W. Emans], per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, pages 202-203. This book covers trap-ball, listing the ways that a batter could <p>Reports Block: "a short passage describ[es] a game called squares, which was nearly ident

|Text=<p>A chapbook has eight pages of simple verses and some basic illustrations. <span style="text-decoration ...Pease's Pretty Poetical Spelling Book</span> [Albany, H. Pease], per David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span

{{Block |Block Game=English Baseball

...l, trap-ball, and tip-cat [per David Block, page 179], as well as cricket. Block finds that this book has the first use of the word "base-ball."</p> ...t p. 132. The earliest extant version of this book is from 1760 [per David Block].&nbsp;<strong><br /></strong></p>

{{Block |Block Game=English Baseball

|Sources=<p>per David Block,&nbsp;<span>Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, pages 217-218.</p>