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|Term=German Ball Game
|Term=German Ball Game
|Game Family=Baseball
|Game Family=Baseball
|Game Tags=US, post-1900,
|Game Regions=US
|Description=<p>per Perrin (1902). This game involves pitching a ball to a batter who hits it into a field where an opposing team&rsquo;s fielders are. He tries to reach a goal line at the end of the playing area [80 feet away] and to return to the batting zone without being plugged by the ball. There is no mention of the possibility of remaining safely at the goal area. Three outs constitute a half-inning, and a team that scores 25 &ldquo;points&rdquo; [runs] wins the contest.&nbsp; The game resembles the family of "battingball" games reported by Maigaard.</p>
|Game Eras=Post-1900
|Sources=<p><span>E. Perrin, et al.,&nbsp;</span><em>One&nbsp;</em><span>Hundred</span><em>&nbsp;and Fifty Gymnastic Games</em><span>&nbsp;(G. H. Ellis, Boston, 1902), pages 22-23.</span></p>
|Description=<p>per Perrin (1902). This game involves pitching a ball to a batter who hits it into a field where an opposing team’s fielders are. He tries to reach a goal line at the end of the playing area [80 feet away] and to return to the batting zone without being plugged by the ball. There is no mention of the possibility of remaining safely at the goal area. Three outs constitute a half-inning, and a team that scores 25 “points” [runs] wins the contest.  The game resembles the family of "battingball" games reported by Maigaard.</p>
|Sources=<p><span>E. Perrin, et al., </span><em>One </em><span>Hundred</span><em> and Fifty Gymnastic Games</em><span> (G. H. Ellis, Boston, 1902), pages 22-23.</span></p>
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per Perrin (1902). This game involves pitching a ball to a batter who hits it into a field where an opposing team’s fielders are. He tries to reach a goal line at the end of the playing area [80 feet away] and to return to the batting zone without being plugged by the ball. There is no mention of the possibility of remaining safely at the goal area. Three outs constitute a half-inning, and a team that scores 25 “points” [runs] wins the contest.  The game resembles the family of "battingball" games reported by Maigaard.

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E. Perrin, et al., One Hundred and Fifty Gymnastic Games (G. H. Ellis, Boston, 1902), pages 22-23.

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