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|Description=<p>Maigaard (1941) notes they while most forms of rounders and longball were now lost, three - baseball, cricket, and bo-ball - remain vigorous. Bo-Ball is played in Finland. The only known source on this game, called Lahden Mailaveikot in Finnish, is a Finnish-language website, on that shows photographs of a vigorous game with aluminum bats, gloves, helmets, and much sliding and running but no other helpful hints for English-speakers. Similarities to Pesapallo are apparent.</p> | |Description=<p>Maigaard (1941) notes they while most forms of rounders and longball were now lost, three - baseball, cricket, and bo-ball - remain vigorous. Bo-Ball is played in Finland. The only known source on this game, called Lahden Mailaveikot in Finnish, is a Finnish-language website, on that shows photographs of a vigorous game with aluminum bats, gloves, helmets, and much sliding and running but no other helpful hints for English-speakers. Similarities to Pesapallo are apparent.</p> | ||
<p><strong>HELP?</strong> Can you help us get a fix on the nature of contemporary Lahden Mailaveikot?</p> | |||
|Sources=<p><span>Per Maigaard, “Battingball Games,” Genus 5 (1941). Reprinted in Block, </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span><em>,</em><span> Appendix 6.</span><span> </span><span>See page 260ff in Block.</span></p> | |Sources=<p><span>Per Maigaard, “Battingball Games,” Genus 5 (1941). Reprinted in Block, </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span><em>,</em><span> Appendix 6.</span><span> </span><span>See page 260ff in Block.</span></p> | ||
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Revision as of 05:44, 24 June 2012
| Game | Lahden Mailaveikot |
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| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | Finland |
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| Tags | Contemporary, Europe, post-1900 |
| Description | Maigaard (1941) notes they while most forms of rounders and longball were now lost, three - baseball, cricket, and bo-ball - remain vigorous. Bo-Ball is played in Finland. The only known source on this game, called Lahden Mailaveikot in Finnish, is a Finnish-language website, on that shows photographs of a vigorous game with aluminum bats, gloves, helmets, and much sliding and running but no other helpful hints for English-speakers. Similarities to Pesapallo are apparent. HELP? Can you help us get a fix on the nature of contemporary Lahden Mailaveikot? |
| Sources | Per Maigaard, “Battingball Games,” Genus 5 (1941). Reprinted in Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, Appendix 6. See page 260ff in Block. |
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