Talk:Baseball origins

Delhi Gazette might be Delhi, New York. Or it could be perfectly spurious. Then again it could be the very proof that was needed that Indians invented baseball. And I don't mean Cleveland Indians either... Wetman 04:44, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)


 * The whole Delhi Gazette section should be eliminated. The term base ball apparently was in use prior to 1800, so use of that term in 1825 is not significant. More elaboration of games played prior to 1850 would be interesting, though. The article should make clear that townball was different from the game invented by Cartwright in 1845. Townball came first. Questions the article should answer: How was townball played? How did it develop? How did it differ from rounders? What other similar games were played at that time? How popular was townball? The article should also make it clearer that Abner Doubleday had nothing to do with inventing baseball. Bluelion 05:50, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)