Knock-Out

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Game Knock-Out
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Description

A fungo game in which a player who catches the ball on the fly qualifies to become the hitter. Regionally variant names include Knock-Up and Knock-Up and Catch.

Sources

F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 245.

Comment

The New Orleans Times Picayune, Aug. 14, 15, 1859 has a long article on American sports, specifically the rise of cricket and base ball, but it compares the latter to "town ball" and "knock ball." Is "knock ball" another name for "knock out"?

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