Smith, Caroline L · Springfield (Mass.) M. Bradley & co. · leaf 48
ject fully treated in professionalworks, we do not propose to enter into any lengthy descrip-tion of the origin or progress of the game of Base Ball. Weshall therefore simply state that this game was derived fromthe old English game of Bounders, reduced to a system, andgoverned by rules and… … ;»^-iS;3{^i.<*#-i-*i^a-s>4^ EULES OF THE GAME. Section 1. The ball must weigh not less than five andone-half, nor more than five and three-fourths ounces avoudu-pois. It must measure not less than nine and one-half, normore than nine and three-fourths inches in circumference. Itmust be…
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