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Book About a Scotsman Mentions "Cat and Doug" and Other Diversions

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	FictionFiction
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City/State/Country:	Scotland
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Game	Cat-and-DogCat-and-Dog
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Age of Players	YouthYouth
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Text	[Author?] The Scotch rogue; or, The life and actions of Donald MacDonald, a Highland Scot [London], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 176. The [apparently fictional] hero recalls; "I was but a sorry proficient in learning: being readier at cat and doug, cappy-hole, riding the burley hacket, playing at kyles and dams, spangboder, wrestling, and foot-ball (and such other sports as we use in our country) than at my book." Block identifies "cat and doug," or cat and dog, as a Scots two-base version of the game of cat that was most commonly played in Scotland. It was the likely forbear of the American game of two-old-cat."
Sources	David Block, Baseball Before Knew It (U Nebraska Press, 2007), page 176.
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Comment	For more on cat-and-dog, see http://protoball.org/Cat-and-Dog. Edit with form to add a comment
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 |Game=Cat-and-Dog,
 |Age of Players=Youth
 |Text=<p>[Author?] <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Scotch rogue; or, The life and actions of Donald MacDonald, a Highland Scot</span> [London], per David Block, <span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Be</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">fore We Knew It</span></span>, page 176. The [apparently fictional] hero recalls; "I was but a sorry proficient in learning: being readier at <em>cat and doug, cappy-hole,</em> riding the <em>burley hacket,</em> playing at <em>kyles and dams</em>, <em>spangboder, wrestling, and foot-ball</em> (and such other sports as we use in our country) than at my book."</p>
-<p>Block identifies "cat and doug," or cat and dog, as a Scots two-base version of the game of cat, "and the likely forbear of the American game of two-old-cat."</p>
+<p>Block identifies "cat and doug," or cat and dog, as a Scots two-base version of the game of cat that was most commonly played in Scotland.&nbsp; It was the likely forbear of the American game of two-old-cat."</p>
 |Sources=<p>David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before Knew It</span> (U Nebraska Press, 2007), page 176.</p>
+|Comment=<p>For more on cat-and-dog, see http://protoball.org/Cat-and-Dog.</p>
 |Reviewed=Yes
 |Has Supplemental Text=No
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