base ball

Noun

 * 1)  baseball
 * 2) * 1823, National Advocate, April 25, 1823. p. 2, col. 4.
 * I was last Saturday much pleased in witnessing a company of active young men playing the manly and athletic game of “base ball” at the Retreat in Broadway (Jones’)
 * 1) * 1823, New-York Gazette & General Advertiser, Apr. 25, 1823, p. 2, col. 2.
 * We have received a communication in favor of the manly exercise of base ball;

Usage notes

 * This spelling is still sometimes used for, a version of the game played with historical rules and uniforms.