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|Title=crowds like high scoring games ...Ross ball to bat against, and the result was one of those splendid batting games which the crowd so delight in.</p>

|Title=practice games are useless ...on. Ordinary in training up a nine, as no earnest effort is made in such games; but when an incentive for extra exertion is offered in the way of prizes f

|Sources=<p><span>Gomme, </span><em>Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1</em><span>., page 298.</span

|Text=<p>"The games of bat-and-ball in former years were various, but most popular were "four o ...e 83. <b>Caveat</b>: The section in which this excerpt resides evidently games played half a century earlier, but other interpretations are possible.</p>

|Headline=Harvard Man Recalls Cricket, "Various Games of Bat and Ball" on Campus ...;c. . . . [w]e wrestled and ran, played at quoits, at cricket, and various games of bat and ball, whose names perhaps are obsolete."</p>

...dealer, on Church street. This promises to be one of the most interesting games of the season."</p>

...ation. There are any number of pitchers who deliver the ball illegally in games every day, and it is seldom indeed that umpires interfere.</p>

...n professionals, who have used LYMAN’S PATENT BAT in their most successful games the present season, fully endorse them in every respect, and will use none

|Headline=Mayan Games Played at Chichen Itza, Mexico |Text=<p>Mayan Indians play stick and ball games in ceremonial courts in Chichen Itza, Mexico</p>

|Sources=<p><span>Culin, "Street Games of Boys in </span>Brooklyn<span>, N.Y.." pages 231-232.</span></p>

|Text=<p>Wall inscriptions in Egyptian royal tombs depict games using bats and balls.</p> ...le="text-decoration: underline;">Ball, Bat and Bishop: The Origins of Ball Games</span> [Rockport Press, 1947], p. 20.</p>

...bbell intends to present the bat to the Hartford Amateurs, and a series of games is to be played for the possession thereof by the several amateur clubs of

...with the common bat. Anson certainly made a remarkable record in the two games in which he used it. June 23d, Buffington pitcher, in three times at bat h

...l, hurled with almost giant strength, often caused stomach sickness." Some games were played against teams from neighboring towns.</p>

<p>Henderson, Robert W., <u>Ball, Bat and Bishop: The Origins of Ball Games</u> [Rockport Press, 1947], p. 150. No ref given. Also referenced in Pe

...y Sean Lahman describes 1959 play in Jefferson that uses teams of 14, with games decided at 100 runs, noting that base-ball had been played by "early settle

...dealer, on Church street. This promises to be one of the most interesting games of the season."</p>

...German advocate of physical education, devotes a chapter of his survey of games to "Ball mit Freystaten (oder das Englische Base-ball)" that is, Ball with ...an>. This roughly translates as: <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Games for the Exercise and Recreation of Body and Spirit for the Youth and His Ed

|Game=Games of bat and ball ...;c. . . . [w]e wrestled and ran, played at quoits, at cricket, and various games of bat and ball, whose names perhaps are obsolete." </p><p><br /> </p><p>Si

...l Tavern," where they took up various activities, including "exhilarating" games of "cricket, base ball, and other recreations."</p>