"Match game" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... contemporary, "Congressman Lincoln was very fond of howling and would frequently. . . meet other members in a match game at the alley of James Casparus. . . . He was an awkward bowler, but played the game with great zest and spirit solely for exercise and amusement, and greatly to the enjoyment and entertainment of the other players, ...
— Lincoln • Nathaniel Wright Stephenson
... prohibited from suspending play in a match game on account of rain, unless "rain falls so heavily that the spectators are compelled by the severity of the storm, to seek shelter." If the rain is light, or an ordinary drizzle, it is not sufficient to legalize the suspension of ...
— Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889 • edited by Henry Chadwick |
