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Egg-Hat +

Daily Cleveland Herald, April 24, 1867, as posted to the 19CBB listserve by Kyle DeCicco-Carey on 8/19/2008. p. 42 +

Evansville Townball +

F. M. Gilbert, History of the City of Evansville (Pioneer Publishing, 1910), page 106-108. +

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Feeder +

The Boy's Own Book, (London: D. Bogue, 1852), page 29. See also Elliott, The Playground and the Parlour (1868), p. 53. +

Five Hundred +

G. Land, Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004), pages 61 and 174. +

Flys-Are-Up, Flies-Up +

<a href="http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html">http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html</a> See also G. Land, Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004). +

Fungo +

Culin, S. (1891). "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn." Journal of American Folklore, volume 4, page 232; Our Game log, July 16, 2022 Henry Chadwick, Sports and Pastimes for American Boys (Routledge, New York, 1884), page 18. F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 245. +

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Gate-ball (Thorball) +

R. Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development Throughout the World (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1970), page 36. Bowen does not give dates or sources for the Dutch/Danish accounts. +

German Ball Game +

E. Perrin, et al., One Hundred and Fifty Gymnastic Games (G. H. Ellis, Boston, 1902), pages 22-23. +

German Baseball +

Roland Naul, “Applied Sport History,” Proceedings of the Sixth Congress of the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (Plantin-Print, Budapest, 2002), pages 432ff. +

German Bat Ball +

Lydia Clark, Physical Training for the Elementary Schools (B. H. Sanborn, Chicago, 1921), pages 240-243. Emily Elmore and M. O’Shea, A Practical Handbook of Games (Macmillan, New York, 1922), pages 36-39. +

Gi-Gi Ball +

Jane Leavy [Koufax bio, page ref needed]. +

Gidigadie +

John Harland, ed., A Volume of Court Leet Records of the Manor of Manchester in the Sixteenth Century (Chetham Society, 1884), page 156. +

Giftball +

Jugndspiele zur Ehhjolung und Erheiterung (W. Simmerfled, Tilsit Germany, 1845). Also. email from Bill Hicklin, 1/24/2016. +

Goal Ball +

The best known references to Goal Ball are Robin Carver, The Book of Sports (Boston, Lilly Wait Colman and Holden, 1834), pp 37-40, -- see Protoball entry [[1834.1]] -- and Boy’s and Girl’s Book of Sports (Providence, Cory and Daniels), pp 17-19 -- see Protoball Chronology entries [[1835.6]] and [[1854.23]]. +

Grutz +

Paul R. Wieand, Outdoor Games of the Pennsylvania Germans (Plymouth Meeting, PA: Mrs. C. N. Keyser, 1950)., page 9. +

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Half-Rubber +

Hugh M. Thomason, “A Depression-Days Schoolyard Game,” Western Folklore, Vol. 34, Issue 1, January 1975, pages 58-59. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-rubber. Philadelphia version: Brian Howard, “Wild in the Streets,” City Paper June 5, 1997, <a href="http://archives.citypaper.net/articles/060597/article077.shtml">http://archives.citypaper.net/articles/060597/article077.shtml</a>. +

Hand-in-Hand-Out +

Teresa McLean, The English at Play in the Middle Ages (Kensal Press, 1985), page 80. In The Royal Dictionary by A. Boyer (London, 1764), Hand In Hand Out is defined as "the Name of an unlawful Game," and translated into French as "forte de jeu defendu." +

Hat Ball +

Newell, Games and Songs of American Children. page 183. Paul G. Brewster, American Nonsinging Games (University of Oklahoma Press, 1953), page 85. +

Hit the Stick +

Culin, "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn, N.Y.", page 231. +

Hook-em-Snivy +

The Alabama Reporter, as reprinted in Spirit of the Times (January 16, 1847), page 559. Provided by David Block, 2/28/2008. +

Hornebillets +

David Cram, et al., editors, Francis Willughby’s Book of Games (Ashgate, 2003), page 182. +

Hornie-Holes (also Kittie-Cat) +

J. Jamieson, Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language (Edinburgh, 1825), page 592-593. +

House Ball +

R. C. MacLagan, "Additions to 'the Games of Argyleshire'," Folklore 16, no. 1 (1905), page 83. A similar description appears in Folk Lore; A Quarterly Review of Myth, Tradition, Institution, and Custom (David Nutt, London, 1905), page 83. +

Howland Rounders +

<a href="http://howlandrounders.com/">http://howlandrounders.com</a>. Unique among sports organizations, perhaps the Board for this game features a chair and two CEOs. +

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Indian Ball +

Brewster, American Nonsinging Games (U of Oklahoma Press, 1953) page 80. https://www.chrisoleary.com/projects/Indian-Ball-Game/index.html +

Indoor Baseball +

See Paul Dickson, The Worth Book of Softball (Facts on File, 1994), Chapter 3 (pages 46-59). Also, John Allen Krout, Annals of American Sport(Yale University Press, 1929), page 219. The above quotation is found in Peter Morris, A Game of Inches (Ivan Dee, 2010 single-bvolume edition, page 498. +

Ins and Withs +

F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), pages 47-48. +

Irish Rounders +

“Irish Rounders,” email from Peadar O Tuatain to L. McCray, January 30 2002. Also note Howard Burman's 2013 report at http://protoball.org/Irish_Rounders_(Burman%27s_Report) +

J

Jellal +

G. T. Lowth, The Wanderer in Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks (Hurst and Blackett, London, 1855), pages 108-110. +

K

Kappenspiel +

Brewster, American Nonsinging Games. +

Kekivar +

Brewster, American Nonsinging Games. +

Kersa +

Prospective Missions in Abyssinia (Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, Boston, 1834), page 74. +

Kibel and Nerspel +

Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1., page 298. +

Kick the Ball +

Culin, "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn, N.Y.", pages 230-231. G. E. Johnson, What to Do at Recess (Ginn, Boston, 1910), page 32. +

Kick the Can +

G. E. Johnson, What to Do at Recess (Ginn, Boston, 1910), page 230. +

Kick the Wicket +

G. E. Johnson, What to Do at Recess (Ginn, Boston, 1910), page 230. +

Kickball +

<a href="http://www.kickball.com/">http://www.kickball.com/</a>, accessed 10/09/09. +

King’s Play (Cluich an Righ) +

MacLagan, "Additions to 'the Games of Argyleshire'.", page 80. +

Kit-Cat +

Brand, Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: The Origins of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies and Superstitions (London: George Bell and Sons, 1900), pages 423-424. +

Kitten Ball +

See Paul Dickson, The Worth Book of Softball (Facts on File, 1994), page 52-53. +

Knattleikar or Knattleikr +

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6KSqgkJxnY, accessed 4/4/2022. +

Knock-Out +

F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 245. +

Kopfspeel +

Walter Endrei and Laszlo Zolnay, Fun and Games in Old Europe (Budapest: Corvina Klado, 1986). +

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La Batonet +

Geo. Clulow, in Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc. (J. Francis, London, 1895), Volume 7 -- January - June, pages 375-376. +

Lahden Mailaveikot +

Per Maigaard, “Battingball Games,” Genus 5 (1941). Reprinted in Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, Appendix 6. See page 260ff in Block. +

Lapta +

New York Times, September 16, 1952, as cited in Paul Dickson, The Dickson Dictionary (Third Edition, Norton, 2009), page 485. Bill Keller, "In Baseball, the Russians Steal All the Bases," New York Times, July 20 1987. Ira Berkow, "Russian Eye on Baseball," New York Times, August 14 1989. Carl Schreck, "No Wrong Way to Swing Bat," The St. Petersburg Times, October 31 2003. +

Line Ball +

F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 365. +

Long Ball (European baserunning game) +

Per Maigaard, "Battingball Games," Genus 5 (1941). Reprinted as Appendix 6 in David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It (U. Nebraska, 2005), pages 260ff. Henry S. Curtis, Play and Recreation for the Open Country (Ginn, 1914). pages 62-63. +

Long Dutch +

F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 415. The camp program is found at <a href="http://www.bgbrigade.com/programs-8th.asp">http://www.bgbrigade.com/programs-8th.asp</a> +

Long Town +

F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 62. Curtis, Henry S. Play and Recreation for the Open Country (Ginn, 1914). +

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