One-Three-One-One

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Game One-Three-One-One
Game Family Baseball Baseball
Location Massachusetts
Tags US, post-1900
Description

A 1934 reference from Massachusetts: “One-three-one-one” was the old game the boys used to play when I went to school. Regular baseball - very similar to Stub One.”

Query: This is our only reference to one-three-one-one or Stub One.  Can we find others?  Is it reasonable to surmise that "1 3 1 1" reflected the number and deployment of fielders?

Sources

F. G. CassidyDictionary of American Regional English  (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 882.

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