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Game	Old-fashion
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
Location	Canada
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Eras	Derivative, Post-1900
Invented	No
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Description	The game was played as late as the 1940 by the Mi-kmaq tribe in eastern Canada. "Old-fashion preserved an intriguing number of remnantsof ball-games of the pre-Knickerbocker era,including no foul ground, one out per inning, soaking (plugging), and soft, hnome-made balls." The rules were reported to be flexible.
Sources	Colin Howell, Northern Sandlots (U of Toronto Press, 1995), pages 186-189, per Peter Morris, A Game of Inches (Ivan Dee, 2010 sisngle-volume edition, page 504.
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 |Game Eras=Derivative, Post-1900
 |Invented Game=No
-|Description=<p>The game was&nbsp;played as late as the 1940 by the Mi-kmaq tribe in eastern Canada. 'Old-fashion preserved an intriguing&nbsp;number of remnantsof ball-games of the pre-Knickerbocker era,including no foul ground, one out per inning,&nbsp;soaking (plugging), and soft, hnome-made balls.&nbsp; The rules were reported to be flexible.&nbsp;</p>
+|Description=<p>The game was&nbsp;played as late as the 1940 by the Mi-kmaq tribe in eastern Canada. "Old-fashion preserved an intriguing&nbsp;number of remnantsof ball-games of the pre-Knickerbocker era,including no foul ground, one out per inning,&nbsp;soaking (plugging), and soft, hnome-made balls."&nbsp; The rules were reported to be flexible.&nbsp;</p>
 |Sources=<p>Colin Howell, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Northern Sandlots</span> (U of Toronto Press, 1995), pages 186-189, per Peter Morris, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Game of Inches</span> (Ivan Dee, 2010 sisngle-volume edition, page 504.</p>
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