Baseball..what about rounders?

[amorelli]

Hello,
And what about rounders - diligently played by the sports no-
hopers at girls' grammar schools in Great Britain - as a possible
ancestor?
Regards,
M.I.Amorelli
Faculties of Economics and Law,
University of Sassari,
Sardinia,
Italy.
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>I'm not going to worry -- the name's the same, but is the game?
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>Joel
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>At 9/12/2008 09:48 AM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
>>This is a highly
important discovery, but it should be noted, as the
>>Sports
Illustrated/AP story fails to note, that it has long been
>>known that
"base-ball" is mentioned, with an actual picture of the
>>game being
played, in John Newberry's "A Little Pretty Pocket-Book,"
>>which
appears to date back to 1744.
>>
>>Fred Shapiro
>>
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>>Subject: Baseball is British, oh no!
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>>http:
//sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/09/11/baseball.england.ap
>>/index.html?cnn=yes
>>
>>"Easter Monday 31 March 1755
>>
>>"Went to
Stoke Ch. This morning. After Dinner Went to Miss Jeale's to play
>>at
Base Ball with her, the 3 Miss Whiteheads, Miss Billinghurst, Miss
Molly
>>Flutter, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Ford & H. Parsons & Jelly. Drank Tea
and stayed
>>till 8."
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