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|Text=<p>Horseman, who is a great caterer for the ladies in sports and games, has lately introduced a capital lawn game for parties who have hitherto be

...Andrews, in his history of England, cites a source for his passage on ball games, but I can not make it out from the photocopy in my possession."</p>

...ween the nines belonging to Turin and Constableville, who are playing five games for the championship of the county. … The first man was called to the ba

...ds of children will be deprived of that pure innocent pleasure which these games afford."</p> ...p>This reference is notable for linking baseball and rounders together as "games as old as cricket." Wandsworth Common today remains a major site for ball p

...t the French name for this game is, and whether it relates to earlier folk games in France.</p>

...t Strutt views a game he calls "club ball" as the precursor to this set of games, but notes that modern scholars are skeptical about this proposition.</p>

There is no limit to the number of innings as games will be timed. ...ricket. Each team alternately takes turns in batting and fielding. In some games, a rule from dodgeball is incorporated, where the player can be considered

...e of McGeary, the second striker of the Athletics, being second in hits to games and fourth in averages of times at bal.</p>

...ylaw was written, perhaps the authors of the Bylaw were not thinking about games involving the "trap" device. In classical physics terminology, a baseball b ...bat.&nbsp; This is akin to how these ordinances often give a list of ball games they are regulating, then add something on the lines of "or any other game

...ted in Wilson Green’s, Red River Revelations (Hignell Printing, 1974) says games of "bat" were played in the 1830s by Scottish immigrants in the Red River S

...sborough, Buckinghamshire) at their annual treat: "After an excellent tea, games were freely indulged in, such as base ball, bat and trap, &c., the older fo

.... . " "We may summarize: The game and name of cricket stem back to ancient games played with a curved stick and ball, starting with <i>la soule</i>, and evo <p>Henderson, Robert W., <u>Ball, Bat and Bishop: The Origins of Ball Games</u> [Rockport Press, 1947], pp. 130-131. Henderson's ref 17 is Bodleian Li

...ce Bertha Gomme, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland</span> (London, D. Nutt, 1894), page unsp

...and mentioning that “there being plenty of room to engage in all sorts of games, cricket, trap bat, base ball, French tag, and kiss-in-the-ring, were indul

...ers of the city of Hartford to . . . play at Wicket Ball, the best in nine games for Dinner and Trimmings. The Rules to be as follows: [1] The ball to be ro

...ity resident Michael Frank: &ldquo;Hardball? Never. Other baseball-related games we played included Stickball in the street and &ldquo;Flies-Up&rdquo; in th ...om/christianog/games.html"><span>http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html</span></a></p>

|Text=<p>"Of formalized games, choices for males [in NC] appear to have been 'town-ball, bull-pen,' 'cat, ...Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games,"&nbsp;<em>Base Ball</em>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 32.</p>

...n that the rules of the American Association should govern the Clevelands’ games in Cincinnati. These rules differ only in respect to foul balls from the L

...ose of the day continued with little intermission. There were also several games, such as bat-and-trap, and bass ball, which occupied the attention of the m

|Game=Old-Cat Games, Trap Ball,