Baseball versus cricket.(Brief Article)

Canadian Speeches;  July 1, 2002 ;     752 words ...An English look at base ball concludes that this new American game...been schoolboys will recognize in base ball the development of a game which was...time and practice were to be devoted. Base ball is, in fact, a kind of glorified rounders...

The Great Base Ball Match of 1858: base ball's first All-Star Game.

Nine;  September 22, 2005 ;   Schaefer, Robert H.;   787 words ...The Great Base Ball Match of 1858, which was a best 2 out of 3 games...pivotal to the game's history: 1. It was organized base ball's very first all-star game. 2. It was the first base ball game in the New York metropolitan area to be played...

The Hartford Courant, Conn., Dan Haar Column.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 3, 2003 ;     787 words ......Martin has launched a company, Vintage Base Ball Factory, to outfit the growing number...19th-century baseball -- known back then as base ball, among other names. Until now, 19th-century base ball players -- or ballists -- have bought...

GENTLEMEN, PLAY BALL COSTUMES RE-CREATE EARLY DAYS OF AMERICAN...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  July 2, 1998 ;   Brown, Suzanne S.;   787 words ......meeting of lawyers at a courthourse, but of base ball players ready to play a Saturday morning...The 10 teams gathered for the Vintage Base Ball Festival played by the old rules - no...player has a nickname in this form of base ball - it was spelled as two words in the...

Getting Out & About.(SunBurst)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  August 24, 2001 ;     322 words ......program features America's favorite pastime - base ball. A 140-year-old game will be re-enacted...the Elgin Academy. Those who play vintage base ball (historically spelled as two words) base ball) are as meticulous about details as are...

THE OLD BALL GAME: America's pasttime as it was played, way back when

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  July 31, 2005 ;   Anne M. Peterson;   711 words ......outburst of "Blame my buttons!" could cost a base ball player a half-dime fine. And had Rogers...which pitch they preferred. Every year, base ball - the precursor to modern baseball...tedious garrison duty. "Knowledge of base ball was spread by soldiers during the Civil...

Holy Cross bringing back vintage base ball; Teams to play exhibition of...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 24, 2006 ;   CLETE CAMPBELL;   579 words ...In the late 1860s, a new game called base ball (two words) was breaking out across the...who started this game. Without (vintage base ball), the game wouldn't be what it is today." Vintage base ball was the national pastime in its childhood...

GAME TO REPLAY A BIT OF BASEBALL HISTORY

The Boston Globe;  June 3, 2004 ;   Emily Sweeney, Globe Staff;   305 words ......baseball. Really old, back when it was "base ball." Saturday baseball fans will have a...watch two teams reenact a Civil War-era base ball game in Waltham. The event will kick...going to be an authentic 19th-century base ball game," said David L. Smith, the event...

Baseball as it was way back when; Vintage games capture 1800s

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  July 31, 2005 ;   ASSOCIATED PRESS;   720 words ......outburst of "Blame my buttons!" could cost a base ball player a half-dime fine. And had Rogers...which pitch they preferred. Every year, base ball - the precursor to modern baseball...tedious garrison duty. "Knowledge of base ball was spread by soldiers during the Civil...

AFIT RETURNS TO 1860S TO PLAY BASEBALL

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  September 9, 1999 ;   INDSTRY GROUP 91;   787 words ......of Technology outing Aug. 27. He suggested base ball. What's so unusual about base ball at a picnic outing? Well, this wasn't your...While resembling the modern game in most ways, base ball seems a world apart. Like a scene out of the...

ACTIVITIES OF 2007 SOLDIERS BIVOUAC, VINTAGE BASE BALL MATCH GAME...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 9, 2007 ;     787 words ......this year's Soldiers Bivouac and Vintage Base Ball Match Game. Both events are free, and...event also includes an 1860's Vintage Base Ball game at the Fort Vancouver Parade Ground...anniversary of the start of organized base ball in the area," explained Greg Shine, Chief...

Northville historian plays vintage base ball: Librarian always had an...

Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI);  August 5, 2007 ;     497 words ......Michigan. And he plays a game called base ball -- that's two words -- without a glove...antique or old baseball? A: Vintage base ball (baseball was two words in the 1860s...describe it, but it refers mostly to base ball played by the rules of the 1860s. Q...

`BASE BALL' GAMES A PORTAL TO THE PAST

The Boston Globe;  June 3, 2004 ;   Emily Sweeney, Globe Staff;   433 words ......baseball. Really old, back when it was "base ball." Saturday baseball fans will have a...watch two teams reenact a Civil War-era base ball game in Waltham. The event will kick...stood in 1861, the Danvers-based Essex Base Ball Club will play a team from Coventry...

Civil War-Era Baseball Recreated in Wash.

AP Online;  August 5, 2005 ;   ANNE M. PETERSON, AP Sports Writer;   787 words ......2005, in Vancouver, Wash. Every year, base ball - the precursor to modern baseball...outburst of "Blame my buttons!" could cost a base ball player a half-dime fine. And had Rogers...which pitch they preferred. Every year, base ball _ the precursor to modern baseball...

1823 Articles Shed Light on Who Threw Out First Ball

The Washington Post;  August 12, 2001 ;     573 words ......that an organized form of a game called "base ball" was being played in Manhattan, in what...1823 referring to Saturday games of "base ball" at what is now Broadway and Eighth Street...communication in favor of the manly exercise of base ball," presumably from the same "Spectator...