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Town Ball Recalled in Eastern IL

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Text	"In the early times, fifty or sixty years ago, when the modern games of croquet and base-ball were unknown, the people used to amuse themselves with marbles, "town-ball" - which was base-ball in a rude state - and other simple pastimes of a like character. Col. Mayo says, the first amusement he remembers in the county was a game of town-ball, on the day of the public sale of lots in Paris, in which many of the "young men of the period engaged." The History of Edgar County, Illinois (Wm. LeBaron, Chicago, 1879), page 273. Contributed January 31, 2010, by Jeff Kittel. Paris IL is near the Indiana border, and about 80 miles west of Indianapolis.
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 <p><u>The History of Edgar County, Illinois</u> (Wm. LeBaron, Chicago, 1879), page 273.  Contributed January 31, 2010, by Jeff Kittel.  Paris IL is near the Indiana border, and about 80 miles west of Indianapolis.</p>
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