Antique Ball Question

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Posted By: 1880nonsports

I have a couple of balls that size and construction - presumably for the game of "fives or nines" (CRS) in my collection - although not as crudely produced. There were a couple of other games as well that children would play with a stick and a ball - and some English games (maybe it was nines?) that would use such a ball. Like the above poster suggests - who knows? I have 7/8 quality examples of early lemon peels up to figure 8 leather baseballs - hand stitched and manufactured. THE BEST READING ON THE ISSUE IN A SMALL BITE is on some threads from either early 2008 or in 2007 on the main board. Included is a GREAT timeline relative to production and rules for size/weight/construction. I'm a child of the fifties so my search techniques not great - just click the search feature and put in Lemon peel baseball.......

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