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• Moncrief Springs Park  + (1874 Lee Club location)

• 1840s.46  + (<blockquote> <blockquote> < … <blockquote></br><blockquote></br><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr"></br><div class="_rp_i5"></br><div class="_rp_j5 rpHighlightBodyClass rpHighlightAllClass allowTextSelection"></br><div id="Item.MessageNormalizedBody" class="ms-font-color-neutralDark _rp_k5 ms-font-weight-regular"></br><div class="rps_66fe"></br><div class="x_hmmessage"></br><div>[] "I had always supposed that the balk rule was introduced by the crafters of the New York game, but this passage suggests it began to be practiced at some earlier time."  David Block, 19CBB posting, 1/28/2014.</div></br><div> </div></br><div></br><p>[] "I wrote in my book [R. Hershberger. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Strike Four</span>, Rowman and Littlefield, 2019, page 37] that the balk rule seemed to be novel to the 1845 Knickerbocker rules. Evidently not. While this is two years later, it also is from [nearly] a hundred miles away in Kingston, NY, and presented as a homespun saying from the writer's youth." -- Richard Hershberger, 12/9/2020.</p></br><p>[]<em> Added Local color</em>:  "Rondout has been, since 1870, an unincorporated hamlet within the city of Kingston (where I lived for decade; it was called "Rondout" because of its adjoining Roundout Creek, which fed into the Hudson River). The <em>Rondout Freeman</em> in its first incarnation may have indeed lasted till 1847 (founded 1845):<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86071034/">https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86071034/</a>.</p></br><p>"Hudson is a large city about 25 miles north of Kingston, on the other side of the Hudson River, in Columbia County.  Today a bridge connects my hometown of Catskill (west bank) with Hudson (east bank).  Taghkanic is the proper spelling of the tribe for whom today is named the Taconic Parkway."  - John Thorn, email of 12/10/2020.</p></br><p>[]The terms <em>"balk</em>" and <em>"baulk"</em> are both used in period sources.  As of December 2020, a search of "balk" fetches 91 hits in  Richard Hershberger's generous <span style="text-decoration: underline;">19C Clippings</span> file; a "balk OR baulk" search yields 102 hits.  There are no hits for "balk" or "Baulk"  in David <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Block's file</span> on English baseball-like games.</p></br><p>[] As of 12/12/2020, Protoball has no other record of the balk prior to 1845.  </p></br><p>For a succinct summary of our desultory learning about balks/baulks from 2010 to 2020, see the <strong>Supplementary Text</strong>, below.</p></br><p> </p></br><p><br/><br/></p></br></div></br></div></br></div></br></div></br></div></br></div></br></div></br></blockquote></br></blockquote>t balks/baulks from 2010 to 2020, see the <strong>Supplementary Text</strong>, below.</p> <p> </p> <p><br/><br/></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </blockquote>)
• 1830s.33  + (<blockquote> <div><span> … <blockquote></br><div><span>[] "Here is another early example of baseball terminology being used to illustrate a non-sports topic."</span></div></br><div><span> </span></div></br><div><span>The text appeared in the June 5, 1847 issue of the <em>Roundout Freeman</em> (Roundout was a Hudson River community that has since been swallowed by the town of Kingston).</span></div></br><div><span> </span></div></br><div></br><div>"I had always supposed that the balk rule was introduced by the crafters of the New York game, but this passage suggests it began to be practiced at some earlier time."</div></br><div> </div></br><div>-- David Block, 11/12/2010</div></br></div></br><div><span> </span></div></br><div><span><span>[] "I wrote in my book [R. Hershberger. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Strike Four,</span> Rowman and Littlefield, 2019, page 37] that the balk rule seemed to be novel to the 1845 Knickerbocker rules. Evidently not. While this is two years later, it also is from [nearly] a hundred miles away in Kingston, NY, and presented as a homespun saying from the writer's youth." -- Richard Hershberger, 19CBB posting, 12/9/2020</span></span></div></br><div><span><span> </span></span></div></br><div><span><span>[] John Thorn, email of 1/31/2023:  "This will testify to the antiquity of the balk rule and give a hint that it meant a feint."  -- John Thorn, 1/31/2023 </span></span></div></br><div><span><span> </span></span></div></br><div>[] As of February 2023, Protoball has no other data on pre-1845 balk rules.  Richard Hershberger hasn't found any yet.</div></br><div> </div></br><div>[] Added Local color:  "Rondout has been since 1870, an unincorporated hamlet within the city of Kingston (where I lived for decade; it was called "Rondout" because of its adjoining Roundout Creek, which fed into the Hudson River). The <em>Rondout Freeman</em> in its first incarnation may have indeed lasted till 1847 (founded 1845):<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86071034/">https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86071034/</a>.</div></br><div></br><p>"Hudson is a large city about 25 miles north of Kingston, on the other side of the Hudson River, in Columbia County.  Today a bridge connects my hometown of Catskill (west bank) with Hudson (east bank).  Taghkanic is the proper spelling of the tribe for whom today is named the  Taconic Parkway." </p></br><p>-- John Thorn, email of 12/10/2020.</p></br><p> </p></br><span><span><br/></span></span></div></br></blockquote>on the other side of the Hudson River, in Columbia County.  Today a bridge connects my hometown of Catskill (west bank) with Hudson (east bank).  Taghkanic is the proper spelling of the tribe for whom today is named the  Taconic Parkway." </p> <p>-- John Thorn, email of 12/10/2020.</p> <p> </p> <span><span><br/></span></span></div> </blockquote>)
• 1864.98  + (<br>)
• 1862.115  + (<br>)
• Lone Star Club of New Orleans v Southern Club of New Orleans on 25 July 1869  + (<br>)
• Osceola Club of Jersey City v Enterprise Club of Jersey City on 15 July 1859  + (<br>)
• Old Timers v Newcomers on 28 October 1906  + (<br>)
• Union Club of Bloomfield v Washington Club of Newark on 24 July 1858  + (<br>)
• Eureka Club of Newark v Hamilton Club of Jersey City on 7 June 1860  + (<br>)
• Aurora Club of Mount Vernon v National Club of Brooklyn on 8 September 1860  + (<br>)
• Jackson Club of Brooklyn v Washington Club of Brooklyn on 23 September 1858  + (<br>)
• Putnam Club of Brooklyn v Estelle Club of Brooklyn on 17 November 1860  + (<br>)
• Marion Club of Brooklyn v Roanoke Club of Brooklyn on 25 August 1860  + (<br>)
• Putnam Jr. Club of Brooklyn v Union Club of New York on 28 July 1860  + (<br>)
• In Austin on 4 July 1872  + (<br>)
• Club of Rhinebeck v Alert Club of Red Hook on 20 October 1860  + (<br>)
• Unknown Club of New York v Harlem Jr. Club of New York on 30 August 1860  + (<br>)
• Suffolk Club of Patchogue v Lafayette Club of Hempstead on 1 November 1860  + (<br>)
• Star Club of Newark v Union Club on 29 June 1861  + (<br>)
• Daybreak Club of Jackson v Monitor Club of Ann Arbor on 23 June 1862  + (<br>)
• Dowagiac Base Ball Club v Monitor Club of Niles on 19 June 1863  + (<br>)
• Constellation Club of Mount Vernon v Spuyten Duyvil Club of Spuyten Duyvil on 25 October 1862  + (<br>)
• Pacific Club of Brooklyn v Elmer Club of Brooklyn on 6 August 1862  + (<br>)
• Knickerbocker Club of Albany v Conqueror Club of West Troy on 17 October 1863  + (<br>)
• Union Club of Brooklyn v Resolute Club of Brooklyn on 29 October 1863  + (<br>)
• Excelsior Club of New Utrecht v Gotham Jr. Club of New York on 24 August 1863  + (<br>)
• Eclipse Club of New Orleans v Eclipse Club of New Orleans on 27 November 1859  + (<br>)
• Liberty Club of New York v Central Club of Brooklyn on 11 September 1860  + (<br>)
• Excelsior Club of Baltimore v Excelsior Club of Baltimore on 28 April 1860  + (<br>)
• Yale University Club of New Haven v Yale University Club of New Haven on 2 December 1865  + (<br>)
• Boyleston Club of Boston v Eagle Club of East Cambridge on 18 August 1860  + (<br>)
• American Club I of Washington v Star Club of Columbia College on 25 November 1865  + (<br>)
• National Club of Washington v Washington Cricket Club on 28 July 1865  + (<br>)
• American Club I of Washington v Mutual Club of Washington on 5 October 1865  + (<br>)
• Atlantic Jr. Club of Jamaica v Favorita Club of Brooklyn on 26 July 1859  + (<br>)
• Anawan Club of New Bedford v National Club of New Bedford on 5 December 1867  + (<br>)
• Rural Club of Rochester v Union Club of Rochester on 15 July 1860  + (<br>)
• Columbia Club of Baltimore v Eutaw Club of Baltimore on 12 September 1861  + (<br>)
• Hiawatha Club of Utica v Excelsior Club of Utica on 20 July 1865  + (<br>)
• Star Club of Galena  + (<br>)
• Mystic Club of Oxford Academy  + (<br>)
• Clipper Club of Van Buren  + (<br>)
• Nelke and Co. Nine  + (<br>)
• Chicago Tribune Compositors  + (<br>)
• Red Caps Club of Ashland  + (<br>)
• Lone Nine Club of Ashland  + (<br>)
• Clarendon Club of New York  + (<br>)