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...re too few players for stick-ball in The Bronx, New York in the mid-1950s. A fielder who caught the ball on the fly went &ldquo;up&rdquo; to bat.</p> ...in the playground. The latter game is not further described, but could be a species of Fungo.</p>

|Title=the Forest City of Cleveland training rules ...t=<p>With a view to good order and efficiency, the directors of the Forest City Base Ball Association have adopted the following rules and regulations for

|Headline=Ballgame Marks Anniversary in MA |City=Barre

|Name=In Monroe in 1849 |State=IN

|Headline=Bat/Ball Game Depicted in <u>Children&#39;s Amusements</u> |City=

|Headline=Like It or Lump It, Gents |Tags=Ball in the Culture, Newspaper Coverage,

{{Other First |Name=First Baseball Attendance of a Thousand or More

|Title=surprising the fielders with a bunt ...a strategic safety-block, (a mere tip,) between 3d and “home,”... All-Day City Item June 10, 1873</p>

...rmanent and numbered wickets, and using them in rotation, or as their wear in service suggests.</p>

|State=OR |City=Albany

|Title=the switch from town ball to base ball in Cincinnati ...f the season. So we expect exciting time in the way of match-games before a great while.</p>

|Title=early baseball in Philadelphia ...character of the play of the Philadelphia clubs, and also a vast increase in the popularity of the game.</p>

|State=OR |City=Salem

...e to play either an interesting or a fair contest. The lack of enterprise in not attending to these important “points” speaks badly for the Resolute |Source=All-Day City Item

|City= ...held privately, became known to researchers in the 1990s and was published in 2003.</p>

<p>1. Never call on the first ball.</p> <p>2. Never call a ball until the pitcher has been warned.</p>

|City=Philadelphia ..., make any indecent Noise, or behave in any way rudely in the College Yard or Streets adjacent.'" (Source:&nbsp;&nbsp;College Academy and Charitable Scho

...ry with them the sympathy or good wishes of the lovers of base ball in any city which they may visit.</p>

...ease for eight years, and have recentlyf laid out several thousand dollars in preparing it for use.</p>

|Title=a call for a convention of professional clubs ...her to call a convention of delegates from each club, and let them draw up a set of championship rules, which shall govern all contests for the champion