Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village outside Avella will host its annual Vintage “Base Ball” Day on Saturday beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Three teams – the Somerset Frosty Sons, the Addison Mountain Stars and the Keystone Base Ball Club – will be donning 1860s-style uniforms and playing by the “base ball” rules commonly used in that era. In those days, gloves were not commonly used, players were referred to as “ballists,” a batter was called a “striker” and a fly ball caught after one bounce resulted in the batter, or striker, being called out.
