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Waggles (Whacks) + (Alice B. Gomme, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Davit Nutt, London, 1898), page 329.)
Trippit and Coit (Trippets, Trip-Cat) + (Alice B. Gomme, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Davit Nutt, London, 1898), page 308.)
Bandy-Wicket + (Alice Bertha Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1 (London: David Nutt, 1894)., page 17.)
Pize Ball + (Alice Bertha Gomme, & … Alice Bertha Gomme, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 2 (New York: Dover [reprint -- original publication 1898], 1964), page 45.riginal publication 1898], 1964), page 45.)
Choptank Club of Preston + (American Union, May 30, 1867.)
Dully + (Amy Stewart Fraser, Dae Ye Min’ Langsyne?: A Pot-pourri of Games, Rhymes, and Ploys of Scottish Childhood (Routledge, 1975), page 59.)
Beezy + (Amy Stewart Fraser, Dae Ye Min’ Langsyne? (Routledge, 1975), pages 59-60.)
Spoonie Hoosie + (Amy Stewart Fraser, Dae Ye Min’ Langsyne? (Routledge, 1975), page 59.)
1816.12 + (An Historical & Descriptive Account of Watlington, Oxfordshire, by John Badcock (1816), handwritten manuscript in the collection of the Oxfordshire History Centre, PAR279/9/MS/1, (former reference: MSS.D.D.Par.Wat-lington c.11))
1846.16 + (Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, December 1846. Posted to 19CBB on 11/1/2007 by Richard Hershberger. )
First night game under lights in Arkansas + (Arkansas Gazette on July 14th, 1894. "BASEBALL BY ELECTRIC LIGHT.")
First mention of Negro Baseball in Arkansas + (Arkansas Gazette, August 8th, 1873)
Pingball + (B. Boynton, “Diceball and Pingball,” in G. Land, Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004) pages 156 - 159.)
Liberty Club of Nyack + (Bakker, "Eyes on the Sporting Scene, 1870-1930..." (2013) p. 30)
Mazeppa Club of Nyack + (Bakker, "Eyes on the Sporting Scene, 1870-1930..." (2013) p. 30)
Yankee Club of Nyack + (Bakker, "Eyes on the Sporting Scene, 1870-1930..." (2013) p. 30)
1860c.26 + (Ball Games with Illustrations (Routledge and Sons, London, 1860 [as annotated by the MCC]). Per Google Books, published in 1867.)
Two-Base Town Ball + (Bell Irvin Wiley, The Common Soldier in the Civil War (Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1952), Book Two, “The Life of Johnny Reb,” page 159.)
Pioneer Club of Bloomsburg + (Bloomsburg Columbia Democrat, Sept. 29, 1866)
Live Oak Club of Bloomsburg + (Bloomsburg Columbia Democrat, Sept. 29, 1866)
Independent Club of Bloomsburg + (Bloomsburg Columbia Democrat, Aug. 6, 1869)
Reserves Club of Sioux Falls + (Bohn, "Considerable Excitement and Heavy Betting. Origins of Base Ball in the Dakota Territory," BRJ, Spring 2020)
Early Risers Club of Vermillion + (Bohn, "Considerable Excitement and Heavy Betting. Origins of Base Ball in the Dakota Territory," BRJ, Spring 2020)
1856.25 + (BostonEvening Transcript, April 18, 1856. Accessed bia subscription search 2/17/2009. )
Cat i’ The Hole + (Brand, & … Brand, Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: The Origins of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies and Superstitions., page 408.J. Jamieson, Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language (Edinburgh, 1825), page 192. Jamiesson describes the game as being played in County Fife and perhaps elsewhere.Alice Bertha Gomme, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (London, D. Nutt, 1894), pages 63-64. tion: underline;">The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (London, D. Nutt, 1894), pages 63-64. )
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.)
Indian Ball + (Brewster, American Nonsinging Games (U of Oklahoma Press, 1953) page 80. https://www.chrisoleary.com/projects/Indian-Ball-Game/index.html)
Kappenspiel + (Brewster, American Nonsinging Games.)
Kekivar + (Brewster, American Nonsinging Games.)
Nations + (Brewster, American Nonsinging Games.)
Petjeball + (Brewster, American Nonsinging Games.)
Retenido + (Brewster, American Nonsinging Games.)
Rounds + (Brewster, American Nonsinging Games.)
Move-Up + (Brewster, </span&g … Brewster, American Nonsinging Games. Brewster cites Mason and Mitchell, Active Games [“Rotation”], page 327 and Boyd, [“Piggie Move Up”], page 65.F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996).;span>F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996).)
Bat-and-Ball + (Brian Turner, "</s … Brian Turner, "Bat and Ball: A Distinct Game or a Generic Term?", Base Ball Journal (Special Issue on Origins), Volume 5, number 1 (Spring 2011), pages 37-40.ong> Journal (Special Issue on Origins), Volume 5, number 1 (Spring 2011), pages 37-40.)
1861.11 + (Brooklyn Daily Eagle& … Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 12, 1861, page 11.Meeting summaries also appeared in the New York Sunday Mercury (Dec. 15), Wilkes' Spirit of the Times (Dec. 21), and the New York Clipper (Dec. 21)s (Dec. 21), and the New York Clipper (Dec. 21))
Club of Bridgeton + (Brunson, "Black Baseball" p. 149who labels this the Keystone club.)
Athletic Club of Albany + (Brunson, "Black Baseball" p. 154 The Albany Journal, July 17, 1869)
Heavy Hitters Club of Canajoharie + (Brunson, "Black Baseball" p. 160)
Western Union Club of Cincinnati + (Brunson, "Black Baseball" p. 197)
1858.54 + (Buffalo Daily Courier, October 14, 1858. Posted to 19CBB September 1, 2009. )
1859.48 + (Buffalo Daily Courier, September 10, 1859. )
1860.47 + (Buffalo Morning Express (July 10, 1860), page 3. )
Bunt + (C. Bevis, “A Game of … C. Bevis, “A Game of Bunt,” in G. Land, Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004), pages 128-130.T. Aamodt, “The Impossible Dream,” in G. Land, Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004), pages 61-62.in G. Land, Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004), pages 61-62.)
1860.59 + (California Spirit of the Times, February 11, 1860. )
Club of St. Georges, DE + (Cecil Whig, Elkton, Md, July 21, 1866, page 2. Forwarded by Bruce Leith, Elkton Vintage baseball see ball games)
1856.27 + (Chadwick Scrapbooks, Vol. 20)
1852.17 + (Charles Dickens, "Th … Charles Dickens, "The Child's Story" (1852).See also Dickens on ballplaying at pp 128, 212, and 271 (note) of David Block, Pastime Lost (U Nebraska Press, 2019). n: underline;">Pastime Lost (U Nebraska Press, 2019). )
Tournoi + (Charles Johnston, Famous Generals of the Great War (Page Company, Boston, 1919), page 253.)
Island Club of Eaton Rapids + (Charlotte Republican, Sept. 23, 1868)
Pickwick Club of Manchester + (Concord Independent Democrat, Aug. 20, 1868.)
1837.6 + (Constitution of the O … Constitution of the Olympic Ball Club of Philadelphia [Philadelphia, John Clark], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 223.Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825 - 1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 5-8. - 1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 5-8. )
One O’ Cat + (Culin, "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn, N.Y.." pages 231-232.)
Hit the Stick + (Culin, "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn, N.Y.", page 231.)
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.)
Roley Poley + (Culin, "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn, N.Y.." page 234.)
Fungo + (Culin, S. (1891). "St … Culin, S. (1891). "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn." Journal of American Folklore, volume 4, page 232; Our Game log, July 16, 2022Henry 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.assidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 245.)
Barn Ball (House Ball) + (D. C. Beard, </spa … D. C. Beard, The American Boy’s Book of Sport (Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1896), pages 341-342.See also Altherr, "Barn Ball," Base Ball (Spring 2011).pan>See also Altherr, "Barn Ball," Base Ball (Spring 2011).)
Aetna Club of Jersey City + (Daily Courier and Advertiser - 9/24/60, 10-28-1861)
First Switch Hitter + (Daniel Okrent and Steve Wulf, Baseball Anecdotes (Oxford University Press, 1989), page 9.)
Ball-Paces + (David Block, email of 5/17/2005.)
First Base Ball Sheet Music + (David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 218.)
First Printing of Knickerbocker Rules + (David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 223. David Block posting to 19CBB, 6/16/2005. )
Squares + (David Block, </spa … David Block, Baseball before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game (University of Nebraska Press, 2005), page 138.The original source is Montague, The Youth's Encyclopedia of Health (1838).n>The original source is Montague, The Youth's Encyclopedia of Health (1838).)
Hornebillets + (David Cram, et al., editors, Francis Willughby’s Book of Games (Ashgate, 2003), page 182.)
Young America Club of Detroit + (Detroit Free Press, April 25, 1869)
Franklins Club of Detroit + (Detroit Free Press, June 27, 1860)
Ball-Stock + (Dick, ed., </span& … Dick, ed., The American Boys Book of Sports and Games: A Practical Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Amusements (Dick and Fitzgerald [reprinted by Lyons Press, 2000], 1864)., pages 112-113. Elliott, The Playground and the Parlour (1868), p. 57.The Playground and the Parlour (1868), p. 57.)
German Ball Game + (E. Perrin, et al., One Hundred and Fifty Gymnastic Games (G. H. Ellis, Boston, 1902), pages 22-23.)
Ball and Bases + (E. Perrin, et. Al., One Hundred and Fifty Gymnastic Games (G. H. Ellis, Boston, 1902), pages 58-59.)
Boston Ball + (E. Perrin, et. Al., One Hundred and Fifty Gymnastic Games (G. H. Ellis, Boston, 1902), pages 59-63.)
Club of Lafayette College, Easton + (Easton Daily Free Press, Sept. 16, 1867 The Lafayette College "Mirror", June 1871, p. 63)
Lenape Club of Delaware + (Egan, "Baseball on the Western Reserve" The Delaware Gazette, July 7, 1866)
Times Club of Geneva + (Egan, "Baseball on the Western Reserve")
Washington Club of Ashland + (Egan, "Baseball on the Western Reserve")
No Name Club of Monroeville + (Egan, "Baseball on the Western Reserve")
Philadelphia Bat Ball + (Emily Elmore and M. O’Shea, A Practical Handbook of Games (Macmillan, New York, 1922), pages 93-95.)
Ball Stand + (Emily W. Elmore, A Practical Handbook of Games, (Macmillan, NY, 1922), pages 16-17.)
Base Dodge Ball + (Emily W. Elmore, A Practical Handbook of Games, (Macmillan, NY, 1922), pages 19-20.)
Schlagball + (Endrei, W., and Laszlo Zolnay, Fun and Games in Old Europe. Budapest, (Corvina Klado, 1986).)
Unnamed Games - Balkans + (Endrei, Fun and Games in Old Europe.)
Unnamed Games - Hungarian + (Endrei, Fun and Games in Old Europe.)
Club of Austin, Nevada + (Eureka Daily Sentinel, Aug. 21, Sept. 23, 1879 The Reese River Reveille, April 17, 1868)
Aetna Club II of Jersey City + (Evening Journal, 6/24/1867)
Hamilton Club II of Jersey City + (Evening Journal, 7/15/1870)
Batton + (F. Dennis, The Norfolk Village Green (privately printed, 1917), page 72.)
Knock-Out + (F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 245.)
Line Ball + (F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 365.)
Long Dutch + (F. G. Cassidy et al., … 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> www.bgbrigade.com/programs-8th.asp">http://www.bgbrigade.com/programs-8th.asp</a> )
Ins and Withs + (F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), pages 47-48.)
Mickey + (F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), pages 586-587.)
Long Town + (F. G. Cassidy et al., … 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).le="text-decoration: underline;">Play and Recreation for the Open Country (Ginn, 1914).)
Stub One + (F. G. Cassidy, Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 882.)
One, Two, Three + (F. G. Cassidy, Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 232.)
Evansville Townball + (F. M. Gilbert, History of the City of Evansville (Pioneer Publishing, 1910), page 106-108.)
1860.28 + (Farmers Cabinet Volume 58, number 42 (May 16, 1860), page 2. )
Welsh Baseball + (For a history of Wels … For a history of Welsh baseball, see http://www.welshbaseball.co.uk/history/history/journal/. Included is Martin Johnes, "'Poor man's Cricket': Baseball, Class and Community in South Wales, c.1880 - 1950." International Journal of the History of Sport' volume 17, number 4 (December 2000). George Vecsey, "Playing Baseball in Wales," New York Times, August 11 1986.Kevin O'Brien - www.welshbaseball.co.ukugust 11 1986. Kevin O'Brien - www.welshbaseball.co.uk)
Roundsies + (G. Carney, “The Tennis Court,” in G. Land, Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004), page 110.)
Playground Ball + (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.)
Five Hundred + (G. Land, Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004), pages 61 and 174.)
Jellal + (G. T. Lowth, The Wanderer in Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks (Hurst and Blackett, London, 1855), pages 108-110.)
Cora + (G. T. Lowth, The Wanderer in Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks (Hurst and Blackett, London, 1855), page 109.)
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.)
Baseball + (Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1.2, page 146.)
Munshets + (Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1, pages 407-408.)
Bunting + (Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1., page 53.)
Kibel and Nerspel + (Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1., page 298.)
Cuck-ball + (Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1, page 83.)
Cudgel + (Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1, pages 84-85.)
Nationals Inaugurate Western Tours + (Greg Rhodes,19cbb post June 17, 2002)
Stickball + (Gregory Christiano, <a href="http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html">http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html</a> )
Rounders -- Hungary + (Gyula Hajdu, "Collection of Hungarian Folk Games" (as Translated from Hungarian Magyar Nepi Jatekok Gyujtemenye) (Budapest: 1971), page 173.)
Sockey + (Hall, &l … Hall, The Tribune Book of Open-Air Sports (1887), cited in K. Grover, Hard at Play: Leisure in America, 1840-1940 (UMass Press, 1992), page 244.F. C. Tatum, Old West Town Ferris Brothers, Philadelphia, 1888), page 8.pan>F. C. Tatum, Old West Town Ferris Brothers, Philadelphia, 1888), page 8.)
Club of Abilene + (Harold Evans, "Baseball in Kansas, 1867-1940," Kansas Historical Quarterly v. 9, issue 2 (1940))
1860.56 + (Hartford Daily Courant, October 27, 1860. Accessed via subscription search, May 21, 2009.)
Tabeh + (Henry H. Jessup, The Women of the Arabs, with a Chapter for Children (Dodd Mead, 1873), page 90.)
Mechanics Club of Fairfield + (History of Jefferson County, Iowa: a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement; Fulton, Charles J.; S.J. Clarke Publishing Company; 1914; pp 385-386.)
Half-Rubber + (Hugh M. Thomason, “A … 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>. article077.shtml">http://archives.citypaper.net/articles/060597/article077.shtml</a>. )
1782.4 + (I. N. Phelps Stokes, The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 : compiled from original sources (New York, Robert H. Dodd), 1926), Volume V, page 1150.)
1778.7 + (I. N. Phelps Stokes,& … I. N. Phelps Stokes, The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 : compiled from original sources (New York, Robert H. Dodd), 1926), Volume V, page 1068.span> (New York, Robert H. Dodd), 1926), Volume V, page 1068.)
Rotation + (J. H. McCurdy, “Classification of Playground Activities,” American Physical Education Review Volume 16 (1911), page 49.)
Hornie-Holes (also Kittie-Cat) + (J. Jamieson, Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language (Edinburgh, 1825), page 592-593.)
Cashhornie + (J. Jamieson, Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language (Edinburgh, 1825), page 187.)
1860.51 + (Jamestown[NY] Journal, April 20, 1860. Accessed by subscription search May 21, 2009. )

Gi-Gi Ball + (Jane Leavy [Koufax bio, page ref needed].)

Capital City Club of Madison v Madison BBC of Madison on 13 July 1865 + (Jeff Sackman, "The Capital City Base Ball Club of Madison," )
Scholars of Madison v Scholars of Madison in April 1860 + (Jeff Sackman, "The Capital City Base Ball Club of Madison," )
Monona Club of Madison + (Jeff Sackmann, "The Capital City Base Ball Club of Madison," )
First Inter-Racial Game + (Jerrold Casway, "Inter-racial Baseball-- the Pythians vs. the Olympics", in Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pp. 68-70)
First Enclosed Ballpark + (Jerrold Casway, "The First Enclosed Ballpark-- Olympics of Philadelphia vs. St. George", in Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pp. 32-33)
Cat-and-Bat + (John Burnett, Riot, Revelry and Rout: Sport in Lowland Scotland before 1860 (East Linton, Scotland: Tuckwell Press, 2000)., page 208.)
Cat's Pallet + (John Harland, ed., A Volume of Court Leet Records of the Manor of Manchester in the Sixteenth Century (Chetham Society, 1884), page 156.)
Gidigadie + (John Harland, ed., A Volume of Court Leet Records of the Manor of Manchester in the Sixteenth Century (Chetham Society, 1884), page 156.)
First Reported Scholastic Cricket Clubs + (John Lester, A Century of Philadelphia Cricket [UPenn Press, Philadelphia, 1951], page 11. Lester does not provide a source.)
First Compensated Player + (John Thorn posting to 19CBB listserve group, July 5, 2004, 1:39 PM)
Upset Gives Western Clubs First win vs. the East + (John Thorn, "The Most Important Game in Baseball History?-- Rockford vs. Washington", in Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pp. 55-57)
Club-ball + (Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England (1801), pages 104-105. Hone, "The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England..." (1831) p. 105)
Tripbal + (Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History (McFarland, 2008). page 14.)
Palant + (Josh Chetwynd, </s … Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History (McFarland, 2008). page 219.<a href="http://www.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grabow.com.pl%2F%3Fregulamin-gry-w-palanta">http://www.grabow.com.pl/regulamin-gry-w-palanta</a><a href="http://www.ghs-mh.de/traditions/topics/health/sports_pl.htm">http://www.ghs-mh.de/traditions/topics/health/sports_pl.htm</a>D. Block, Base Ball Before We Knew It (UNebraska Press, 2005), page 101. Protoball entry [[1609.1]] summarizes the Jamestown account.1]] summarizes the Jamestown account.)
1868.7 + (Letter from Harry Wright, quoted in Brooklyn Eagle February 12, 1872. )
1744.2 + (Little Pretty Pocket- … Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly [London, John Newbery, 1744]. Per Henderson ref 107, adding Newbery's name as publisher from text at p. 132. The earliest extant version of this book is from 1760 [per David Block]. 1760 [per David Block]. )
1859.23 + (Lowell [MA] Daily Journal and Courier, August 1, 1859.)
German Bat Ball + (Lydia < … 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. O’Shea, A Practical Handbook of Games (Macmillan, New York, 1922), pages 36-39.)
Sixteen-Inch Softball (No-Glove Softball) + (M. Davey, “Gloveless … M. Davey, “Gloveless Players Hold on to Softball Dream,” New York Times, 9/18/09.E. Hageman, “The Clincher,” In Gary Land, ed., Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004), pages 131-132.,” In Gary Land, ed., Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004), pages 131-132.)
King’s Play (Cluich an Righ) + (MacLagan, "Additions to 'the Games of Argyleshire'.", page 80.)
Speilinn + (MacLagan, R. C. "Additions to 'the Games of Argyleshire'." Folklore 16, no. 1 (1905), pages 87-88.)
1860.58 + (Macon Telegraph, March 12, 1860. All seven articles were accessed via subscription search, May 20-21, 2009. )
First Game On Both Starting Pitchers' Birthdays + (Mark Sheldon, "Birthday Boys Bailey, Dempster Make History," MLB.Com posting, 5/3/12.)
Burn Ball + (Marty Appel, Slide Kelly Slide (Scarecrow Press, 1999), page 9.)
1842.12 + (Memoir and Sermons of the Rev. William Duval, published in Richmond, Virginia in 1854 by his colleague the Rev. Cornelius Walker. p. 26.)
1861.15 + (Military History and Reminiscences of the Thirteenth Regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry (Woman's Temperance Publishing, Chicago, 1892), page 10. PBall file: CW-122. )
Aipuni + (Monica Nucciarone, &l … Monica Nucciarone, Alexander Cartwright (UNebraska Press, 2009), page 201. The author cites the source as W. R. Castle, Reminiscences of William Richards Castle. (Advertiser Publishing, 1960), page 50. See also Item [[1855c.10]], "New Game" of Wicket Played in HI.".10]], "New Game" of Wicket Played in HI.")
1860.13 + (New York Clipper August 11, 1860, page 132)
1856.9 + (New York Clipper, July 19, 1856 [page?] Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809.)
1859.28 + (New York Evening Express, October 22, 1859, page 3 column 3. Posted to 19CBB on 3/1/2007 by George Thompson.)
1859.27 + (New York Herald, October 16, 1859, page 1 column 5. Posted to 19CBB on 3/1/2007 by George Thompson.)
First Known Lady Umpire + (New York Sunday Mercury, September 2, 1866, per 19cbb post by Richard Hershberger, Sep. 5, 2012)
1857.33 + (New York Clipper, June 20, 1857. )
1860.57 + (New York Clipper, March 17, 1860. )
1859.38 + (New York Clipper, April 9, 1859.)
1859.37 + (New York Clipper (July 2, 1859.) )
1860.35 + (New York Clipper, facsimile from the Mears Collection (date omitted from scrapbook source, confirmed as June 9, 1860)
1860.31 + (New York Clipper, April 21, 1860, p.7)
Hat Ball + (Newell, … Newell, Games and Songs of American Children. page 183.Paul G. Brewster, American Nonsinging Games (University of Oklahoma Press, 1953), page 85.Nonsinging Games (University of Oklahoma Press, 1953), page 85.)
Club of Council City + (Nome Nugget, March 12, April 30, July 16, 1904)
Tradgy + (O. Heslop, Northumberland Words (Oxford U Press, London, 1893), page 741.)
Pie-Ball + (O. Heslop, Northumberland Words (Oxford U Press, London, 1893), page 535.)
Bittle-Battle + (On the Domesday Book … On the Domesday Book s-See Protoball Chronology #[[1086.1]][A.] Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1 (Dover Press, New York, 1964 -- orig. 1898), page 34.[B] Lusted, Andrew, Girls Just Wanted to Have Fun, 2013, page 3, citing Rev'd W. D. Parish, Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect, 1875. [C] Lusted, op. cit., page 28. The source is the Sussex Advertiser, June 21, 1864. [D] David Block, email of 12/6/2021.t;p>[C] Lusted, op. cit., page 28. The source is the Sussex Advertiser, June 21, 1864. [D] David Block, email of 12/6/2021.)
1862.11 + (Ordinance and Rules and Order of the City of Boston (Mudge and Son, Boston, 1869), page 132. Accessed 2/18/10 via Google Book search ("ball, foot-ball" ordinances 1869). )
Cerkelspelen (Circle-Game?) + (P. Maigaard, “Battingball Games,” reprinted in Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, Appendix 6. See page 263.)
Bo-Ball + (P. Maigaard, “Battingball Games,” reprinted in Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, Appendix 6. See page 274.)
1867.11 + (Paterson Daily Press of August 2, 1867 )
Softball + (Paul Dickson, <spa … Paul Dickson, The Worth Book of Softball (Facts on File, 1994).Morris A Bealle, The Softball Story (Washington: Columbian Publishing Group, 1956).all Story (Washington: Columbian Publishing Group, 1956).)
Balloon + (Paul G. Brewster, "Ga … Paul G. Brewster, "Games and Sports in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century British Literature," Western Folklore 6, no. 2 (1947)., page 143.Hone, "The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England..." (1831) p. 96>Hone, "The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England..." (1831) p. 96)
Bull Pen + (Paul G. Brewster, American Nonsinging Games (U Oklahoma Press, Norman OK, 1953), page 82-83.)
Grutz + (Paul R. Wieand, Outdoor Games of the Pennsylvania Germans (Plymouth Meeting, PA: Mrs. C. N. Keyser, 1950)., page 9.)
Long Ball (European baserunning game) + (Per Maigaard, "Battin … 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.m>Play and Recreation for the Open Country (Ginn, 1914). pages 62-63.)
Slavonic Long Ball + (Per Maigaard, "Battingball Games," Genus 5 (1941); reprinted in Block Baseball Before We Knew It, Appendix 6, page 263.)
Prelleries + (Per Maigaard, "Battingball Games," Genus 5 (1941); reprinted in Block, Baseball Before We Knew It (U. Nebraska, 2005), Appendix 6, page 263.)
Lahden Mailaveikot + (Per Maigaard, “Battingball Games,” Genus 5 (1941). Reprinted in Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, Appendix 6. See page 260ff in Block.)
Unity Club of Port Richmond + (Peverelly (1866) pp. 504-505 Philadelphia Sunday Mercury, Nov. 26, 1865)
West Philadelphia Club of Philadelphia + (Peverelly (1866) pp. 504-505 Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 27, 1865)
Germantown Club of Philadelphia + (Peverelly (1866) pp. 504-505)
Kickenepawling Club of Johnston + (Peverelly (1866) pp. 504-505)
Union Club of Titusville + (Peverelly (1866) pp. 504-505)
Wild Cat Club of Brookville + (Peverelly (1866) pp. 504-505)
Delphian Club of Philadelphia + (Philadelphia Press, April 21, 1867)
Arctic Club of Philadelphia + (Philadelphia City Item, Oct. 7, 1865. See Protoball 19C clippings.)
1862.4 + (Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2, 1862. Accessed via subscription search May 20, 2009. )
1862.10 + (PhiladelphiaInquirer, August 22, 1862. Accessed 5/20/2009 via subscription search. )
1859.8 + (Pittsfield Sun, June 23, 1859. Accessed via subscription search February 17, 2009. )
In Great Barrington on 11 April 1856 + (Pittsfield Sun, April 24, 2856, page 2.)
1857.32 + (Porter's Spirit of the Times, Saturday, May 9, 1857. )
1857.19 + (Porter's Spirit of the Times, Saturday, February 14, 1857. Accessed via subscription search, May 15, 2009.)
1857.7 + (Porter's Spirit of the Times, April 18, 1857. Facsimile contributed by Gregory Christiano, December 2, 2009. )
1856.16 + (Porter's Spirit of the Times, September 20, 1856. )
1857.30 + (Porter's Spirit of the Times, June 27, 1857 [page?]. )
First Mention of Hand Protection in Baseball + (Primary source of poem not known. From a 19CBB post by Tom Shieber, Oct. 28, 2003)
Port Townsend Base Ball Club + (Puget Sound Weekly Argus, Port Townsend, WA. June 17, 1880.)
Port Gamble Base Ball Club + (Puget Sound Weekly Argus, Port Townsend, WA. June 17, 1880. Seattle Intelligencer, Aug. 30, 1876)
Thor-ball + (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.)
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.)
American Cricket + (Reportedly in the < … Reportedly in the Philadelphia Mercury. An account of the article appeared in the Penny Illustrated Paper (London), December 17, 1870 (page 370). Contributed by Tom Shieber, email of 2/25/2009.This game is cited -- ("this contrived game proved to be acceptable to no one and was quickly forgotten") in Tom Melville, The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America (Bowling Green State University Press, 1998), page 149. Melville attributes the introduction of the game to game to J. Wood, secretary of the Chicago Cricket Club. Protoball does not have a Philadelphia Mercury source for this report. cket Club. Protoball does not have a Philadelphia Mercury source for this report. )
Cincinnati Club Forms as First All-Professional Nine + (Rhodes, Greg & Erardi, John, The First Boys of Summer. Road West Publishing Co., 1994, p.4)
Philadelphia Town Ball + (Richard Hershberger, “A Reconstruction of Philadelphia Town Ball,” Base Ball, Volume 1, number 2 (Fall 2007), pages 28-43.)
1886.1 + (Robert H Shaefer, &l … Robert H Shaefer, "The Wiman Trophy, and the Man for Whom It was Named, Base Ball, Vol. I №2 (2007), p. 55. [Reprised in John Thorn's Our Game blog, 2/14/2022]see https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-wiman-trophy-and-the-man-for-whom-it-was-named-14c334840975. ps://ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-wiman-trophy-and-the-man-for-whom-it-was-named-14c334840975. )
Spring Creek Club of Mumford + (Rochester Newspaper Index, Rochester Public Library)
1862.7 + (Rochester[NY] Union and Advertiser, April 28, 1862. Posted to the 19CBB listserve by Priscilla Astifan on May 14, 2005. )
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.)
1860.55 + (San Joaquin Republican, May 26, 1860. Accessed via subscription search May 20, 2009. )
Crekettes + (See <a href="http: … See <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/4883752/Strewth-Cricket-is-a-foreign-import-according-to-new-Australian-research.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/4883752/Strewth-Cricket-is-a-foreign-import-according-to-new-Australian-research.html</a> accessed 10/10/09. Special thanks to Beth Hise, emails of September 2009, for leads on this game.cial thanks to Beth Hise, emails of September 2009, for leads on this game.)
Excelsior Club of New Texas Landing + (See Feliciana Sentinel, May 17, 1879)
Indoor Baseball + (See Paul Dickson, < … 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. le="text-decoration: underline;">A Game of Inches (Ivan Dee, 2010 single-bvolume edition, page 498. )
Bace + (See Protoball Chronology entries [[1805.4]] and [[1805.5]]. The game was reported in the New York Evening Post of April 13, 1805.)
Bat-Ball + (See Protoball Chronol … See Protoball Chronology entries for 1791.D Wise and S. Forrest, Great Big Book of Children’s Games (McGraw-Hill, 2003), pages 219-220.See http://www.askaboutsports.com/boball.htms 219-220. See http://www.askaboutsports.com/boball.htm)
Baste Ball + (See Protoball Chronol … See Protoball Chronology entry [[1786.1]]. A second entry, [[1848c.9]], includes baste ball in a list of boyhood games played by future US President Benjamin Harrison. A third entry, [[1874.2]], reports its use as a game played in Chattanooga TN.Email to Protoball from David Block, 2/19/2017.t; Email to Protoball from David Block, 2/19/2017.)
Run-Around + (See Protoball Chronology item #[[1855c.1]]. The letter was written to the Mills Commission, which was examining the origins of American baseball.)
Patch Baseball + (See Protoball Chronology item [[1850c.17]]. Thanks to Skip McAfee for explaining the term.)
Chermany + (See also Frederic Gom … See also Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall, Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 604. The dictionary notes usage as “esp. VA” and gives four attested citations from 1889 to 1911, one of them a recollection from 1840, and another a 1911 dictionary associating the game with “the Southern United States.”The Richmond Whig, Aug. 21, 1866 speaks of southerners 20 years prior playing bandy and chermany. The Richmond Dispatch, July 20, 1890 says kids played chermany 40 years ago (i.e., 1850). See also Altherr, "Southern Ball Games--Chermany, Round Cat, Etc." Base Ball (Spring 2011).. See also Altherr, "Southern Ball Games--Chermany, Round Cat, Etc." Base Ball (Spring 2011).)
Wicket + (Short descriptions of … Short descriptions of the game are found in Protoball Chronology items #[[1846.8]], #[[1850s.16]], and #[[1855c.3]]. There is also a Protoball Subchronology at http://protoball.org/Chronology:Wicket. As of 2022, Protoball lists over 50 milestones for to wicket.Robin Carver, The Book of Sports (Boston, 1834). See chapter III, "Games with a Ball. The simpler game appears on pages 48-49." Carver does not name the simpler game as wicket.An excellent article on wicket in CT, by Alex Dubois, appeared in the March 2022 Origins/Protoball Committee Newsletter.by Alex Dubois, appeared in the March 2022 Origins/Protoball Committee Newsletter.)
Box Baseball + (Simon J. Bronner, "Co … Simon J. Bronner, "Concrete Folklore: Sidewalk Box Games," Western Folklore 36, no. 2 (1977)., page 172.[B] Communication from Neal Seldman and Mark Schoenberg. n>[B] Communication from Neal Seldman and Mark Schoenberg. )
Corkball + (Special thanks to Jef … Special thanks to Jeff Kittel, emails of 10/11/09 and 9/22/13, for material on this game. A website on corkball is found at <a href="http://www.playcorkball.com,">http://www.playcorkball.com,</a> as accessed 9/25/13. It includes a 2012 paper on the history and context of the game. Its author, Jeff Kopp, sent us many further details (outlined above) in a 10/16/2013 email. See also <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/sports/corkball/STLhistory.html">http:///www.angelfire.com/sports/corkball/STLhistory.htm</a>. Accessed 10/8/09. This article includes a description of corkball rules and a corkball chronology that shows the addition of balls and strikes in 1941 and of extra-base hits in 1965.n of balls and strikes in 1941 and of extra-base hits in 1965.)
1857.28 + (Spirit of the Times, Volume 27, number 35 (Saturday, October 10, 1857), page 416, column 1. )
1856.19 + (Spirit of the Times, Volume 26, number 39 (Saturday, November 8, 1856), page 463, column 3. Spirit of the Times Volume 27, number 20 (June 27, 1857), page 234, column 2. )
1858.41 + (Spirit of the Times, Volume 28, number 7 (Saturday, March 27, 1858), page 78, column 2)
1858.39 + (Spirit of the Times, Volume 28, number 7 (Saturday, March 27, 1858), page 78, column 2)
Tornado Club of Carthage + (Springfield Weekly Patriot, Sept. 8, 1870)
Empire Jr. Club of St. Louis + (St. Louis Globe Democrat, July 16, 1869 St. Louis Missouri Democrat, Sept. 11, 1867)
1860.53 + (St. Louis Daily Bulletin, Friday, May 4, 1860.)
First recorded game between two different non-white races + (Steven Jay Gould, Triumph and Tragedy: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball (Norton, 2003), page 26. Gould does not provide a detailed source for the Sporting News story.)
Cat (Kat) + (Stewart Culin, "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn, N.Y.," Journal of American Folklore 4, no. 14 (1891). page 233.)
Northern Spell + (Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England.)
Hand-in-Hand-Out + (Teresa McLean, </s … 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." "the Name of an unlawful Game," and translated into French as "forte de jeu defendu." )
Cadet Club of Texas Military Institute + (The Austin American Statesman, Nov. 4, 1871 )
Confederate Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Appeal, May 29, 1867)
Magnolia Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Appeal, May 29, 1867)
St. Lazarus Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Appeal, Feb. 17, 1867)
Resolute Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Appeal, Feb. 17, 1867)
Colored Boot-Blacks v Negro Rag-Pickers in 1869 + (The Memphis Appeal, Sept. 1, 1869 )
Athletic Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Appeal, Feb. 24, 1867)
Atlantic Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Appeal, Feb. 24, 1867)
Pickwick Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Appeal, June 28, 1868)
Chickasaw Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Appeal, June 5, 1870)
Green Stockings Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Appeal, May 4, 1870)
Oriental Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Appeal, June 2, 1870 )
Eclipse Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Appeal, June 14, 1868)
Active Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Public Ledger, July 23, 1867)
Crescent Club of Humboldt + (The Memphis Public Ledger, June 17, 1868)
Eureka Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Public Ledger, April 22, 1868)
Crescent Club of Memphis + (The Memphis Public Ledger, May 2, 1867)

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