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|Description=<p>A fungo-like game played in Elizabethan times in England. The ball was an inflated leather bag, and was knocked with the arm - sometimes aided by a wooden brace. Hitting for distance was evidently desired, but no running or fielding is described.</p> | |Description=<p>A fungo-like game played in Elizabethan times in England. The ball was an inflated leather bag, and was knocked with the arm - sometimes aided by a wooden brace. Hitting for distance was evidently desired, but no running or fielding is described.</p> | ||
<p>An illustration and description of "balloon ball" is in Hone, p. 96</p> | <p>An illustration and description of "balloon ball" is in Hone, p. 96.</p> | ||
<p>A later game of "balloon ball" is described in the Evansville <em>Courier</em>, July 6, 1895.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p><span>Paul G. Brewster, "Games and Sports in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century British Literature," </span><em>Western Folklore</em><span> 6, no. 2 </span>(1947)<span>., page 143.</span></p> | |Sources=<p><span>Paul G. Brewster, "Games and Sports in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century British Literature," </span><em>Western Folklore</em><span> 6, no. 2 </span>(1947)<span>., page 143.</span></p> | ||
<p><span>Hone, "The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England..." (1831) p. 96</span></p> | <p><span>Hone, "The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England..." (1831) p. 96</span></p> | ||
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| Game | Balloon |
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| Game Family | Fungo |
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| Description | A fungo-like game played in Elizabethan times in England. The ball was an inflated leather bag, and was knocked with the arm - sometimes aided by a wooden brace. Hitting for distance was evidently desired, but no running or fielding is described. An illustration and description of "balloon ball" is in Hone, p. 96. A later game of "balloon ball" is described in the Evansville Courier, July 6, 1895. |
| Sources | Paul G. Brewster, "Games and Sports in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century British Literature," Western Folklore 6, no. 2 (1947)., page 143. Hone, "The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England..." (1831) p. 96 |
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