Ball-Stock: Difference between revisions

Glossary of Games
	Curated by Larry McCray and Jeffrey Kittel
	Chart: Predecessor and Derivative Games
	Predecessor Games
	Derivative Games
	Glossary of Games, Full List
Game Families
	Baseball · Kickball · Scrub · Fungo · Hat ball · Hook-em-snivy
	Untagged Games
	Add a Game
	Add a Family of Games

Revision as of 06:22, 29 May 2012

Game	Ball-Stock
Game Family
Location	Germany
Regions
Eras
Invented
Tags
Description	per Dick, 1864. A team game like rounders, but having large safety areas instead of posts or bases. A feeder makes a short gentle toss to a batter, who tries to hit it. The batter-runner then chooses whether to run for a distant goal-line or a nearer one, for which there is a smaller chance of being plugged. The nearer station can hold several runners at once. Three missed swings makes an out, as does a caught fly. Versions of Ball-Stock are found in British and American boys’ books in the mid-Nineteenth Century.
Sources	Dick, ed., The American Boys Book of Sports and Games: A Practical Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Amusements (Dick and Fitzgerald [reprinted by Lyons Press, 2000], 1864)., pages 112-113.
Source Image	[[Image:\|left\|thumb]]
Comment	Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Edit with form to add a query
Has Supplemental Text

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 |Kind of Game=Baseball
 |Location=Germany
-|Description=per Dick, 1864.  A team game like rounders, but having large safety areas instead of posts or bases.  A feeder makes a short gentle toss to a batter, who tries to hit it.  The batter-runner then chooses whether to run for a distant goal-line or a nearer one, for which there is a smaller chance of being plugged.  The nearer station can hold several runners at once.  Three missed swings makes an out, as does a caught fly.  Versions of Ball-Stock are found in British and American boys’ books in the mid-Nineteenth Century.
+|Description=<p>per Dick, 1864. A team game like rounders, but having large safety areas instead of posts or bases. A feeder makes a short gentle toss to a batter, who tries to hit it. The batter-runner then chooses whether to run for a distant goal-line or a nearer one, for which there is a smaller chance of being plugged. The nearer station can hold several runners at once. Three missed swings makes an out, as does a caught fly. Versions of Ball-Stock are found in British and American boys&rsquo; books in the mid-Nineteenth Century.</p>
+|Sources=<p><span>Dick, ed.,&nbsp;</span><em>The American Boys Book of Sports and Games: A Practical Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Amusements</em><span>&nbsp;</span>(Dick and Fitzgerald [reprinted by Lyons Press, 2000], 1864)<span>., pages 112-113.</span></p>
 }}