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1857 Writer Reportedly Dates New England Game of "Base" to 1750s
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| Text | "an interesting report from a "Base Ball Correspondent" which discusses the early New England game of "Base" and mentions in part that 'Base ball has, no doubt, been played in this country for at least one century. . . . Details about the "National Base Ball Club" of Brooklyn." "Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Base Ball Correspondence," Porter's Spirit of the Times Volume 3, number 8 (October 24, 1857), page 117, column 2. Citation provided by Craig Waff, 10/28/2008. The text of the October 20 letter from "X" is on the VBBA website at: http://www.vbba.org/ed-interp/1857x1.html The game described by "X" resembles the MA game as it was to be codified a year later except: [a] "a good catcher would frequently take the ball before the bat cold strike it," [b] the runner "was allowed either a pace or jump to the base which he was striving t reach," [c] the bound rule was in effect, [d] all-out-side-out innings, [e] the ball was "softer and more spongy" than 1850's ball, [f] the bats were square, flat, or round," and [g] there was a layout variation, with three bases, one two yards to the batters right, the next "about fifty [yards] down the field," and the third was "about five." This field variation reminds one of cricket, wicket, and "long town [or "long-town-ball]." |
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