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{{Game
|Term=Bace
|Game Family=Baseball
|Game Regions=Britain, US
|Game Eras=Predecessor, 1800s
|Invented Game=No
|Description=<p>In 1805 a game of &ldquo;bace&rdquo; was reportedly played among adult males in New York City. Its rules were not reported. The word &ldquo;bace&rdquo; is extremely rare in sport: it appeared in a 1377 English document, and, in a list of obsolete Cornish terms, for the game Prisoner&rsquo;s Base in Cornwall in 1882. Unlike the usual case for prisoner&rsquo;s base, however, a final score [41-35] was reported for this match.</p>
<p>"Bace" is also reported as an obolete term for a British game, the nature of which is not yet known. &nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p><span>See Protoball Chronology entries [[1805.4]] and [[1805.5]].</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span>The game was reported in the&nbsp;</span><em>New York Evening Post&nbsp;</em><span>of April 13, 1805.</span></p>
|Comment=<p>As of June 2019, Protoball has only 3 references to &ldquo;base,&rdquo; one in the 1300s and two in 1805.</p>
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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