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Frank WakefieldI think Rhys is onto something....
Unless it is warped that way, it must have been for hitting something on the ground. A soft ball seems likely, something big enough that the ridge of the racket would fit under the curvature of the ball. And indoor makes sense for a game like that. And an indoor game would most likely be from up north...
I recall as a kid in Kentucky some new kid in town brought out this huge softball, from some sort of ballgame played up north, maybe near Chicago. Bats and bases, and this huge ball that wasn't going to be hit very far...