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

|Headline=Vermont Schoolboy Recalls Playing Goal, With Elm Trees as Goals ...<p>"The big boys had great times playing goal, and other noisy and running games, and the elm trees by our yard were the goals . . . "</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>

...” [runs] wins the contest.  The game resembles the family of "battingball" games reported by Maigaard.</p> ..., et al., </span><em>One </em><span>Hundred</span><em> and Fifty Gymnastic Games</em><span> (G. H. Ellis, Boston, 1902), pages 22-23.</span></p>

|Headline=Carver&#39;s <u>The Book of Sports</u> [Boston] describes "Base, or Goal Ball" ...ames. 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 "ston

...Prisoner's Base, a running game that seems to resemble tag.&nbsp; So too "goal" by itself.</span></p>

...ossible contributions of German schlagball, and perhaps other mid-European games, to the evolution of base ball.&nbsp; He remains convinced that ball-playin

|Headline=Curling is "Bass Ball," or "Goal," or "Hook-em-Snivy," on the Ice? ...ne;">is</span></em> 'Curling,' eh? Why, did you ever play 'bass ball,' or 'goal,' or 'hook-em-snivy,' on the ice? Well, curling is not like either. In curl

...iety of admirable contributors. Also sponsored summer baseball clinics and games in addition to having weekly practices."</span></p>

...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>

...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

..." (1852) in which Dickens writes: "They were active ... at cricket and all games of ball; the prisoners base, hare and hounds, follow up leader, and more sp <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">See also Bancroft, "Games for the Playground" (1922) p. 156:</div>

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

...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>

|Game=Round Ball, Massachusetts Game, Gool Ball ( Goal Ball) ...playing began early in the spring; [p92/93] it was the first of the summer games to come out.</p>

...of from 4 to 20 players. It involved a pitcher, batter, and an &ldquo;out-goal&rdquo; or base that the batter-runner tried to reach after hitting (or afte |Sources=<p><span>Per Maigaard, "Battingball Games,"&nbsp;</span><em>Genus</em><span>&nbsp;5&nbsp;</span>(1941)<span>.&nbsp; R

*[[Base, or Goal-ball 1834]] =IV. Related games=

|Headline=New York "Boys' Book" of Games Covers Stoolball, Rounders, Wicket ...Book of Sports,</span> attributed to "Uncle John," describes more than 200 games, including, rounders (pp. 20-21), stool-ball (pp. 18-19), and wicket (label