Fungo: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
|Game Family=Fungo | |Game Family=Fungo | ||
|Game Tags=1800s, US, post-1900, | |Game Tags=1800s, US, post-1900, | ||
|Description=<p>A batter fungoes balls to a set of fielders. A fielder who first catches a set number of balls on the fly becomes the batter. Chadwick describes Fungo as requiring the hitter to deliver the ball on the fly to the fielders, or he loses his place. This practice probably has had numerous local variant names such as Knock Up and Catch and Knocking Flies.</p> | |Description=<p>Culin (1891): A batter fungoes balls to a set of fielders. A fielder who first catches a set number of balls on the fly becomes the batter.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>Culin, "Street Games of Boys in | <p>Chadwick (1884) describes Fungo as requiring the hitter to deliver the ball on the fly to the fielders, or he loses his place. This practice probably has had numerous local variant names such as Knock Up and Catch and Knocking Flies.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>Culin, S. (1891). "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn." <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Journal of American Folklore</span>, volume 4, page 232.</span></p> | |||
<p><span><span>Henry Chadwick, </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sports and Pastimes for American Boys</span><span> </span>(Routledge, New York, 1884)<span>, page 18.</span></span></p> | <p><span><span>Henry Chadwick, </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sports and Pastimes for American Boys</span><span> </span>(Routledge, New York, 1884)<span>, page 18.</span></span></p> | ||
<p><span><span>F. G. Cassidy et al., </span><em>Dictionary of American Regional English</em><span> (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 245.</span></span></p> | <p><span><span>F. G. Cassidy et al., </span><em>Dictionary of American Regional English</em><span> (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 245.</span></span></p> | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 11:30, 24 June 2012
| Game | Fungo |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Fungo |
| Location | |
| Regions | |
| Eras | |
| Invented | |
| Tags | 1800s, US, post-1900 |
| Description | Culin (1891): A batter fungoes balls to a set of fielders. A fielder who first catches a set number of balls on the fly becomes the batter. Chadwick (1884) describes Fungo as requiring the hitter to deliver the ball on the fly to the fielders, or he loses his place. This practice probably has had numerous local variant names such as Knock Up and Catch and Knocking Flies. |
| Sources | Culin, S. (1891). "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn." Journal of American Folklore, volume 4, page 232. Henry Chadwick, Sports and Pastimes for American Boys (Routledge, New York, 1884), page 18. F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 245. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Comment | Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Edit with form to add a query |
| Has Supplemental Text |
Comments
<comments voting="Plus" />