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|Term=Tip-e-Up
|Term=Tip-e-Up
|Game Family=Fungo
|Game Family=Fungo
|Game Eras=1800s
|Game Eras=1800s,Predecessor
|Description=<p>In Tip-e-Up, boy A would loft a short soft toss to a batter B, who wouold hit the ball upward.  If A could catch the fungoed ball on the fly, he took possession of the bat.</p>
|Description=<p>In Tip-e-Up, boy A would loft a short soft toss to a batter B, who wouold hit the ball upward.  If A could catch the fungoed ball on the fly, he took possession of the bat.</p>
|Sources=<p>Henry J. Philpott, "A Little Boys' Game With a Ball," <em>Popular Science Monthly,</em> volume 37 (May to October 1890), page 654.</p>
|Sources=<p>Henry J. Philpott, "A Little Boys' Game With a Ball," <em>Popular Science Monthly,</em> volume 37 (May to October 1890), page 654.</p>
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Game Tip-e-Up
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Description

In Tip-e-Up, boy A would loft a short soft toss to a batter B, who wouold hit the ball upward.  If A could catch the fungoed ball on the fly, he took possession of the bat.

Sources

Henry J. Philpott, "A Little Boys' Game With a Ball," Popular Science Monthly, volume 37 (May to October 1890), page 654.

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