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Game	Catch-Ball
Game Family	Hat ball Hat ball
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Description	per “Boys’ Own Book” (1881). A game similar to Nineholes, but without the holes. A ball is thrown up, and a player named. If that player cannot catch it before it bounces twice, he must plug another player or lose a point.
Sources	Boys’ Own Book: A Complete Encyclopedia of Athletic, Scientific, Outdoor and Indoor Sports (James Miller, Pub’r, New York, 1881), page 14.
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-|Description=per “Boys’ Own Book” (1881).[46]  A game similar to Nineholes, but without the holes.  A ball is thrown up, and a player named. If that player cannot catch it before it bounces twice, he must plug another player or lose a point.
+|Description=<p>per &ldquo;Boys&rsquo; Own Book&rdquo; (1881). A game similar to Nineholes, but without the holes. A ball is thrown up, and a player named. If that player cannot catch it before it bounces twice, he must plug another player or lose a point.</p>
+|Sources=<p><em>Boys&rsquo; Own Book: A Complete Encyclopedia of Athletic, Scientific, Outdoor and Indoor Sports<span style="text-decoration: underline;">&nbsp;</span></em><span>(James Miller, Pub&rsquo;r, New York, 1881), page 14.</span></p>
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