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|Game Family=Kickball | |Game Family=Kickball | ||
|Location=France | |Location=France | ||
|Description=<p>Translated as | |Description=<p>Translated as “rounders” in an 1855 translation of a French poem. Maigaard identifies it as a longball-type game with four bases [set in a line] and in which the ball is thrown into the field by a member of the in team to initiate play.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>W. Chapman, | |Sources=<p><span>W. Chapman, </span><em>Every-Day French Talk</em><span> (J. B. Bateman, London, 1855), page 20.</span></p> | ||
<p><span><span>P. Maigaard, | <p><span><span>P. Maigaard, “Battingball Games,” reprinted in Block, </span><em>Baseball Before We Knew It,</em><span> Appendix 6.</span><span> </span><span>See page 263.</span></span></p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:13, 28 November 2012
| Game | Balle au Camp |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Kickball |
| Location | France |
| Regions | |
| Eras | Predecessor |
| Invented | |
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| Description | Translated as “rounders” in an 1855 translation of a French poem. Maigaard identifies it as a longball-type game with four bases [set in a line] and in which the ball is thrown into the field by a member of the in team to initiate play. |
| Sources | W. Chapman, Every-Day French Talk (J. B. Bateman, London, 1855), page 20. P. Maigaard, “Battingball Games,” reprinted in Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, Appendix 6. See page 263. |
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