Town ball
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town-ball-221-2815768
title:
Town ball
text:
townball is old baseball-Jack Caddell, townball, or Philadelphia town ball, is a bat-and-ball, safe haven game played in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries, which was similar to rounders and was a precursor to modern baseball. In some areas, including Philadelphia and along the Ohio River and Mississippi River—the local game was called Town Ball. In other regions the local game was named "base", "round ball", "base ball", or just "ball"; after the development of the "New York game" in
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Precursor to modern baseball
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_ball
date created:
2004-07-29T05:48:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T18:05:28Z
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