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• 1850.61  + (<p>Do you have other interpretations of the game as depicted? </p> <p>Could that object out near the tree be a baserunning post . . . or a even a wicket?</p>)
• 1845.10  + (<p>Does Block link the two descriptions, or does the German text cite the French game</p>)
• 1841.11  + (<p>Does Jamieson describe other ballgames?</p>)
• 1833.3  + (<p>Does Maxwell show evidence for his interpretation of cricket's progenitors?</p>)
• 1860s.86  + (<p>Does Smith reveal his source for the pre-1970 box score?</p>)
• BC2000c.1  + (<p>Does recent scholarship agree that these were balls, were used in sport, and date to 2000 BC? Is there further evidence about their role in Egyptian life?</p>)
• 1824.7  + (<p>Does the context of this excerpt reveal anything further about the region, circumstance, or participants in this ball-playing?</p>)
• 1820.29  + (<p>Does the context of this passage … <p>Does the context of this passage clearly imply that girls played base ball? </p></br><p>Is the author suggesting that base ball was considered an "old-fashioned" pastime in 1821?</p></br><p>Where was <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Early Education</span> published?</p>ext-decoration: underline;">Early Education</span> published?</p>)
• 1858.29  + (<p>Does the final sentence imply that earlier games of ball had recently been played?</p>)
• 1832c.2  + (<p>Does the lineage from these two c … <p>Does the lineage from these two clubs to the Knickerbockers and Gothams (but not Magnolias) stem from common membership rolls?</p></br><p>Can we find additional sources on the two 1832 clubs? Do we have any notion of Wood's possible sources?</p></br><p> </p>ave any notion of Wood's possible sources?</p> <p> </p>)
• 1809.1  + (<p>Does the sum of 80 guineas as the game's stakes imply anything about the players?</p>)
• 1826.3  + (<p>Does this item suggest that 'base … <p>Does this item suggest that 'base ball' was a term used in Philadelphia in 1826?  In Boston in 1826?</p></br><p>Was the Gymnasium actually established in Boston?  Was ballplaying among its activities?  <span>Was gymnastics seen in the Commons in the early years?</span></p></br><p><span>Isn't this ref a very early appearance of the term foot ball in the US?  Can we learn what rules may have applied?</span> </p>in the US?  Can we learn what rules may have applied?</span> </p>)
• 1827.4  + (<p>Does this manual cover other safe-haven games?  Other batting games?  Other games with plugging?</p>)
• City Club of Knoxville  + (<p>Duplicate listing for the Knoxville club? Probably not, as the Knoxville Free Press, Sept. 4, 1867 mentions the Holston, Knoxville, City, Emmet and University BBCs. [ba]</p>)
• 1861.27  + (<p>Duplicate of 1861.16?</p>)
• 1861.26  + (<p>Duplicate of 1861.18?</p>)
• 1861.30  + (<p>Duplicate of 1861.20?</p>)
• Bachelor Club of Newark  + (<p>Duplicate with Bachelors Club of Newark?</p>)
• 1845.31  + (<p>Extra credit for sleuthing the authorship of this item!</p>)
• 1858.68  + (<p>Feel free to throw more light on what Thoreau is saying here. </p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial Black;">          </span></p>)
• Hittera Ball  + (<p>From the description ["cup?" "stick?"] it is difficult to picture how this game was played.</p> <p>Where is Sheffield/Derbyshire?</p> <p> </p>)
• 1725c.1  + (<p>Further comment on this entry is … <p>Further comment on this entry is welcome, especially from wicket devotees; after all, this may be the initial U.S. wicket citation in existence (assuming that #[[1700c.2]]  cannot be documented, and that #[[1704.1]] above is not ever confirmed as wicket).</p>above is not ever confirmed as wicket).</p>)
• 1830c.30  + (<p>Further commentary on the site and date of this remembered game are welcome.</p> <p>Was the Ashtabula area well-settled by 1830?</p>)
• Knattleikar or Knattleikr  + (<p>Further data on the game are welcome.</p> <p>Is a game like this still practiced in Iceland?</p> <p>What dats are associated with the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Younger Edda</span>?</p>)
• 1860.48  + (<p>Further insight is welcome from readers.</p>)

• 1586c.1  + (<p>Further interpretations are welcome as to Sydney's meaning.</p>)

• 1853.14  + (<p>Has someone already analyzed the relative role of assorted papers in the first baseball boom?</p>)
• BC3000c.1  + (<p>Has this game been observed in other North African communities since 1937?  Are alternative explanations of Om El Mahag now offered, including a much more recent importation from cricket-playing and baseball-playing areas?   </p>)
• 1865.8  + (<p>Have any earlier instances of integrated adult clubs arisen in recent years?</p>)
• Hunyou-Shinyou  + (<p>Have broader searches for this game been tried?</p>)
• -2500.2  + (<p>Have other scholars commented on Mr. George's ballplaying interpretation of the Gilgamesh epic? </p>)
• 1540c.2  + (<p>Have scholars indicated the likely nature of "palm play?"  Could it have involved the batting of a ball with the palm?</p>)
• 1821.5  + (<p>Have we found any further indications that 1820-era establishments may have served to host regular base ball clubs?</p>)
• 1872.17  + (<p>His anyone systematically tracked … <p>His anyone systematically tracked player salaries in he early pro years?</p></br><p>A: Baseball reference lists 13 players as being on the Athletics in 1871. Three of these played only 1 game. The standard roster of 10 players were paid an average of $1,500 apiece, per the article saying the players were paid $15,000 and change. [ba]</p>le saying the players were paid $15,000 and change. [ba]</p>)
• 1805.6  + (<p>How about the evidence in [[1797.5]]?</p>)
• 1858.2  + (<p>If this game did not give us the first called strikes, when did such actually appear?</p>)
• 1868.7  + (<p>In July 1868, Wright's "ground" was where?</p> <p>Has someone recorded 'longest baseball throws' records somewhere?</p> <p>And what else do we know about Johnny Hatfield?</p>)
• 1781.1  + (<p>Is "alley" used by cricketers in the same way?</p>)
• 1844.6  + (<p>Is "bass" a ballgame, or was prisoner's base sometimes thought of as a "field game?"</p>)
• 1393.1  + (<p>Is "stumpball" actually a known game?  Have we done adequate searches for this name?</p>)
• 1778.4  + (<p>Is Ewing's diary available now? Yes, on archive.org. See https://archive.org/details/georgeewinggentl00ewin/mode/2up?q=george+ewing+diary</p>)
• 1867.16  + (<p>Is Protoball correct in thinking … <p>Is Protoball correct in thinking that the unnamed American's quote had appeared in an earlier "Yankee Pastimes" column in the <em>London</em> <em>Spectator</em>, and was then cited in the Sydney (Australia?) <em>Morning Herald </em>of April 11, 1867? <em> </em>   </p>Herald </em>of April 11, 1867? <em> </em>   </p>)
• 1849.3  + (<p>Is Tom saying that there were no prior safe-haven ball games [cricket, town ball, wicket] out west, or just that the NY game hadn't arrived until 1849?</p>)
• 1858c.57  + (<p>Is c1858 a creditable guess as to when lads in the class of '62 might have begun playing at Exeter? Is a full view available online? Phillips Exeter is in Exeter NH, about 50 miles N of Boston and about 12 miles SW of Portsmouth.</p>)
• 1867.27  + (<p>Is earlier use of season tickets known?</p>)
• San Francisco Base Ball Club v Red Rover Base Ball Club of San Francisco on 22 February 1860  + (<p>Is it clear from contemporary accounts that New York rules governed this game?</p>)
• 1732.1  + (<p>Is it fair to assume that the gentleman used a bat to propel the ball? </p> <p>Are such feats known in England?</p> <p>Is a 160-foot weather-vane plausible?  That's well over 10 stories, no?</p> <p> </p>)
• 1854.23  + (<p>Is it fair to suppose that the <em>Register</em> was published in Albany NY? There was a paper there of that name in the 1850s (per internet search of 11/2/2020).</p> <p>Is wicket play by little boys known?</p> <p> </p>)
• 1856.18  + (<p>Is it likely that the New York ru … <p>Is it likely that the New York rules would have produced this much scoring per inning . . . or was it set up as a two-inning contest? Can we confirm/disconfirm that this was the first Canadian game in some sense [keeping in mind that Beachville game report at #1838.4 above]?</p>at Beachville game report at #1838.4 above]?</p>)
• 1872.10  + (<p>Is it noteworthy that only one walk occurred in this 12-8 game?</p>)
• 1840s.46  + (<p>Is it obvious why a balk is in so … <p>Is it obvious why a balk is in some way considered comparable to a "flagrant outrage?"</p></br><p>Was the balk known in earlier baserunning games in England, or elsewhere?</p></br><p>Do histories of cricket shed further light on the origin, nature, or rationale for, automatic batter-runner advances despite catches of balls hit when a "no ball" has been called?</p></br><p>Do we often see early rule variants for players of different ages?</p>> <p>Do we often see early rule variants for players of different ages?</p>)