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|Term=Bace
|Term=Bace
|Kind of Game=Baseball
|Game Family=Baseball
|Description=<p>In 1805 a game of &ldquo;bace&rdquo; was reportedly played among adult males in New York City. Its rules were not reported. The word &ldquo;bace&rdquo; is extremely rare in sport: it appeared in a 1377 English document, and, in a list of obsolete Cornish terms, for the game Prisoner&rsquo;s Base in Cornwall in 1882. Unlike the usual case for prisoner&rsquo;s base, however, a final score (41-35) was reported for this match.</p>
|Description=In 1805 a game of “bace” was reportedly played among adult males in New York City. Its rules were not reported. The word “bace” is extremely rare in sport: it appeared in a 1377 English document, and, in a list of obsolete Cornish terms, for the game Prisoner’s Base in Cornwall in 1882. Unlike the usual case for prisoner’s base, however, a final score [41-35] was reported for this match.[5]
|Sources=<p>See Protoball Chronology entries 1805.4 and 1805.5.&nbsp;&nbsp;The game was reported in the&nbsp;<em>New York Evening Post&nbsp;</em>of April 13, 1805.</p>
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Description In 1805 a game of “bace” was reportedly played among adult males in New York City. Its rules were not reported. The word “bace” is extremely rare in sport: it appeared in a 1377 English document, and, in a list of obsolete Cornish terms, for the game Prisoner’s Base in Cornwall in 1882. Unlike the usual case for prisoner’s base, however, a final score [41-35] was reported for this match.[5]
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