English

Noun

base ball ‎(uncountable)

1. (obsolete, 1800s) baseball
   • 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’)

   • 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;

See also

• VBBA

References

1. 1 2 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=20010727&id=UEArAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t9kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1402,1613499
2. 1 2 http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2011/08/27/baseball-in-new-york-in-1823/