The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Porch Baseball

This is a game my mother used to play.
A tennis ball, or a rubber ball, was thrown against
the wooden steps leading up to the house (the steps
were of a type more common at that time.) If the
ball hit the edge of a step and was caught without a
bounce, a hundred points were scored. If it bounced,
fifty points. If it hit the flat part of the step and
was caught without a bounce, ten points, or if it
bounced from the flat part, five points. The first player
to accumulate seven hundred points won the game.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00001945CA