The story of the journey of rounders from a children’s game to a competitive sport for adults, 1864—1939.
Base Ball Sticks and Rounder Bats: When, in 1883, the Liverpool Rounders Association released its first set of rules for playing the game, it included the use of a flat bat, not a round stick, for striking the ball. Here, I present a compendium of sources and developments related to the use of a flat bat versus a round stick to play base-running bat-and-ball games.
