base ball
See also: baseball, Baseball, and base-ball
English
Noun
base ball (uncountable)
- (obsolete, 1800s) baseball
- 1823, National Advocate, April 25, 1823. p. 2, col. 4. [1][2]
- I was last Saturday much pleased in witnessing a company of active young men playing the manly and athletic game of “base ball” at the Retreat in Broadway (Jones’)
- 1823, New-York Gazette & General Advertiser, Apr. 25, 1823, p. 2, col. 2.[1][2]
- We have received a communication in favor of the manly exercise of base ball;
- 1823, National Advocate, April 25, 1823. p. 2, col. 4. [1][2]
Usage notes
- This spelling is still sometimes used for vintage base ball, a version of the game played with historical rules and uniforms.
See also
- VBBA
References
- http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=20010727&id=UEArAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t9kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1402,1613499
- http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2011/08/27/baseball-in-new-york-in-1823/