Goal Ball
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Game | Goal Ball |
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Game Family | Baseball |
Location | |
Regions | US |
Eras | 1800s |
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Description | Another name for early base ball, perhaps confined to certain areas. Usage of the name is known in New England. As of June 2012, the Protoball Chronology lists 10 references to the game of Goal Ball or Goal, or games in which bases are term "goals." All refer to play in the six New England states, and all but two are found before 1850. |
Sources | The best known references to Goal Ball are Robin Carver,The Book of Sports (Boston, Lilly Wait Colman and Holden, 1834), pp 37-40, -- see Protoball entry 1834.1 -- and Boy’s and Girl’s Book of Sports (Providence, Cory and Daniels), pp 17-19 -- see Protoball Chronology entry 1835.6. |
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