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|Term=Goal Ball ...toball Chronology lists 10 references to the game of Goal Ball or Goal, or games in which bases are term "goals."  All refer to play in the six New Eng

|Game=Goal ...a recent hiking trip "We spoke of the games we played [as boys]: 'ball;' 'goal' (we pronounced it 'gool' when we mentioned it..."</p>

|Term=German Ball Game ...” [runs] wins the contest.  The game resembles the family of "battingball" games reported by Maigaard.</p>

...erally, but as a reporter mocking the politician and making a reference to games the readers were familiar with. |Comment=<p>The game of "goal" mentioned is probably "goal ball," but the term is inexact.</p>

...e=Carver&#39;s <u>The Book of Sports</u> [Boston] describes "Base, or Goal Ball" ...It is sometimes called 'round ball.' But I believe that 'base' or 'goal ball' are the names generally adopted in our country." The bases are "stones or

...pean games, to the evolution of base ball.&nbsp; He remains convinced that ball-playing was more common in North America than most sports historians allow

|Headline=Ah, Spring! Base-ball! Wicket! Gould! (Gould?) |Game=Base-ball,Wicket,"gould"

|Headline=Curling is "Bass Ball," or "Goal," or "Hook-em-Snivy," on the Ice? ...which to knock a ball on ice without picking it up as in the game of foot-ball, which curling resembles." Provided by David Block, email of 2/27/2008. "</

|Term=Round Ball ...bat-and-ball for this period.&nbsp; There is no indication if or how these games differed, or whether they are direct antecedents of the Mass Game rules of

...ball Before We Knew It</span>, page 187. This book's small section on ball games carries the Gutsmuths account of <em>das Deutsche Ballspiel</em> the German ...bsp;<em>No.&nbsp; Like most forms of longball, there are a home line and a goal line at opposite ends of the field.</em></p>

...were codified&nbsp;-- were to round ball,&nbsp;goal ball, and/or base&nbsp;games played in MA for the previous 50-75 years.</p> ...pan style="text-decoration: underline;">A <br />Manual of Cricket and Base Ball, With Rules and Regulations Illustrated</span>. <br />(Boston, Mayhew and B

...two teams attempted to advance a ball with a club into the opposing team's goal.</p> ...p>Altherr, "Southern Ball Games--Chermany, Round Cat, etc. "&nbsp;<em>Base Ball</em>&nbsp;(Spring 2011).</p>

...lock reports that the earliest clear appearance of &ldquo;base&rdquo; as a ball game is from New England in 1831, and that his source groups base with cric ...20th Centuries."&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Base Ball,</span> Volune 3, number 1 (Spring 2009), pp 67-79.</p>

|Term=Long Ball ...tive was to remain at bat for a long period. A 1914 US text describes Long Ball in generally similar terms, but one that uses a regular "indoor baseball."

*[[The 20 Rules of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club|1845 Knickerbocker Rules]] ==National Association of Base Ball Players Rules==

|Headline=Lem: Juvenile Fiction&#39;s Boy Who Loved Round-ball |Game=Round Ball, Massachusetts Game, Gool Ball ( Goal Ball)

...A rural game in which the person striking the ball must run to his base or goal." Also, as one of the definitions for the word "base": "A rural play, calle ...he citing of the Shakespeare quote demonstrates that confusion between the games of prisoner's base and baseball began at a very early date.</p>

|Term=Ball-Stock ...once. Three missed swings makes an out, as does a caught fly. Versions of Ball-Stock are found in British and American boys&rsquo; books in the mid-Ninete

|Headline=New York "Boys' Book" of Games Covers Stoolball, Rounders, Wicket ...hn," describes more than 200 games, including, rounders (pp. 20-21), stool-ball (pp. 18-19), and wicket (labeled as cricket: page 73).</p>

...variant still played in Germany. &ldquo;German Schlagball (&lsquo;hit the ball&rsquo;) is similar to rounders.&rdquo; No other clues to schlagball&nbsp;ar ...ies of discrete bases; this is a misapprehension. In modern Schlagball the goal line is replaced with two side-by-side "touch posts," either one of which m