Langball
Game | Langball |
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Game Family | Kickball |
Location | Brooklyn NY |
Regions | US |
Eras | 1800s |
Invented | No |
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Description |
"Langball for the Girls. After the handball contests the girls turned their attention to the unique game of langball. There are two teams. The team that are out are stationed around the floor where bases are located. The batter hangs by the hands from flying rings. A football is pitched in at a distance of about five paces. The batter kicks it and then starts to run around the bases. The girls bunt with their feet very scientifically. Not all of them can bunt, but none want the bunt abolished. Recently the Academics won by 9 to 0. Miss Brooks of the victorious team made a home run, and Miss Houghton stole second in great shape. Miss Flagler, the agile and efficient assistant to Dr. Pettit, made a three-base hit, but was put out on the way home by being hit by the ball — the way a put-out is effected.— Brooklyn Standard Union."
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Sources | Rockland County Times (Haverstraw, N. Y.), April 7, 1894 |
Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
Comment | Found and posted on 19CBB by George Thompson. George adds: "This didn't catch on, somehow." Of all known baserunning games, langball may be the only one that uses a suspended strikes. Edit with form to add a comment |
Query | Can we conjecture why the game is called "langball?" [Now, "hangball" we could see.] Edit with form to add a query |
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