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|Term=One-Three-One-One | |Term=One-Three-One-One | ||
|Game Family=Baseball | |Game Family=Baseball | ||
|Description=<p> | |Location=Massachusetts | ||
|Sources=<p><span><span>F. G.</span><span> | |Game Regions=US | ||
|Game Eras=Post-1900,Derivative | |||
|Description=<p>A 1934 reference from Massachusetts: “One-three-one-one” was the old game the boys used to play when I went to school. Regular baseball - very similar to Stub One.”</p> | |||
<p><strong>Query:</strong> This is our only reference to one-three-one-one or Stub One. Can we find others? Is it reasonable to surmise that "1 3 1 1" reflected the number and deployment of fielders?</p> | |||
|Sources=<p><span><span>F. G.</span><span> Cassidy</span><span>, </span><em>Dictionary of American Regional English</em><span> </span><span>(Harvard University Press, 1996), page 882.</span></span></p> | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:49, 28 November 2012
| Game | One-Three-One-One |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | Massachusetts |
| Regions | US |
| Eras | Post-1900, Derivative |
| Invented | |
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| Description | A 1934 reference from Massachusetts: “One-three-one-one” was the old game the boys used to play when I went to school. Regular baseball - very similar to Stub One.” Query: This is our only reference to one-three-one-one or Stub One. Can we find others? Is it reasonable to surmise that "1 3 1 1" reflected the number and deployment of fielders? |
| Sources | F. G. Cassidy, Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 882. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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