The handle/knob and overall size are all quite similar, and are positive factors. A determining key is whether the barrel of the bat is flattened or round. I believe the true Townball bats had a flattening of the barrel on two sides. The two examples I have owned both have this feature.
Yours looks more round, but may still qualify, as the age looks very close to that period. Often, Townball bats were crudely painted in similar fashion to yours as well, so it will be interesting to hear what others have to say. It may indeed qualify...
Last edited by perezfan; 02-09-2010 at 08:26 AM.
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