Schlagball () is a German

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that was popular up until the 1950s in

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Rules

Two teams of 12 players contest the right to bat or field. The batting team tries to score by hitting the ball, which is thrown up by themselves, and running between the batting crease and two touch posts to score runs (unlike

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, one must make a full trip back-and-forth to score a point, rather than simply going from one of the places to the other). The fielding team may end the batting team's

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by either throwing the ball at one of the batting team's runners (known as "plugging" or "soaking", as in early forms of

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References

External links

Rules
in German
Project Protoball
– A translation of the German Wikipedia's article about Schlagball
Johnball

Best Youth Baseball Bat 2016
{{Team Sport Ball and bat games Culture of Germany