The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

RUNNING BASES

YOU WOULD ESTABLISH TWO AREAS AS FIRST AND SECOND
BASE, A DETERMINED DISTANCE APART. SOMEONE WOULD
RUN BETWEEN THE BASES WHILE TWO PEOPLE, ONE
STATIONED AT EACH BASE, WOULD THROW THE BALL BACK AND
FORTH TRYING TO TAG OUT THE RUNNER, AS IN BASEBALL.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT PLAYED THIS GAME AS A CHILD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS

Date learned: 10-00-1970