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Throwback Game of Cat-and-Dog Seen in Pittsburgh
Salience | Peripheral |
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Tags | Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules |
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City/State/Country: | Pittsburgh, PA, United States |
Modern Address | |
Game | Cat-and-DogCat-and-Dog |
Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
Holiday | |
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Text | "Cat and Dog -- An interesting trial of skill at this old time game was played at Pittsburgh Pa., on the 5th inst., between the Athletics, of South Pittsburgh, and the Enterprise of Mt. Washington. The game was witnessed by a large crowd of ladies and gentlemen. [The printed box score shows three players on each side, a pitcher-catcher and two fielders. The result was the Athletics, 180 "measures" and the Enterprise 120 measures. There is no indication of the use of innings, side-out rule, or fly rule] [This spare account leaves the impression of a one-time throwback demonstration.]
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Sources | New York Clipper, 15 September 1866. Pittsburgh Commercial, September 6, 1866. |
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Query | Protoball would welcome input on how the rules of this game differed, if at all, from other games using "cat" in their names. Edit with form to add a query |
Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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Submitted by | Bob Tholkes, Craig Britcher |
Submission Note | Emails of 6/22/2015 and 6/23/2015. |
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