In Raleigh Circa 1840
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Date of Game | Circa 1840 |
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Game | Town Ball |
Location | Raleigh, NC, United States |
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Description | Kemp Battle (1831-1919), who moved to Raleigh NC at age 8, and who would stay to become President of the University of North Carolina, wrote later of two forms of local ballplaying. The first involved high and low pitching to the batter's taste, leading and stealing, plugging - the ball was loosely wrapped—the bound rule, a three-strike rule, and one-out-side-out innings. [The absence of foul ground, team size, and nature/spacing of bases are not mentioned.] The second form, "known as old hundred or town ball" used all-out-side-out innings, with the last batter able to revive vanquished team members with certain feats. |
Sources | Chronologies 1840c.33 |
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Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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