<P> Published in April 1922 , Daniel Chase ; Supervisor of Physical Education for the New York State Department of Education , describes the earliest known account of adults playing kickball . This game took place at a conference of rural teachers in Mooers Forks , Clinton County , NY where Daniel was teaching games that the teachers could in turn teach to their pupils . They did not have a ball , so they made one out of an old stocking and some rags . The ball was about 7 to 8 inches long and tied off with an old shoelace . The construction of this makeshift ball was demonstrated to the rural teachers by Mr. Braddock Wells . The teachers were assigned numbers to create teams ; odd numbers on one team and even numbers on the other . The team captains chose college names to represent each team name . The odds chose Yale & the evens chose Princeton . The game of `` Kick Baseball '' was the last game they played at the conference to decide the championship for the day . 10 players were chosen for each team and the remaining were organized into a cheering section . Yale kicked first . On the field there was no pitcher , but an extra short - stop between first and second . Only three innings were completed in the heat that day , with Yale ending up as the victor winning 3 to 2 . The cheering sections showed great sportsmanship , applauding all good plays impartially . </P>
<P> Published in April 1922 , Daniel Chase ; Supervisor of Physical Education for the New York State Department of Education , describes the earliest known account of adults playing kickball . This game took place at a conference of rural teachers in Mooers Forks , Clinton County , NY where Daniel was teaching games that the teachers could in turn teach to their pupils . They did not have a ball , so they made one out of an old stocking and some rags . The ball was about 7 to 8 inches long and tied off with an old shoelace . The construction of this makeshift ball was demonstrated to the rural teachers by Mr. Braddock Wells . The teachers were assigned numbers to create teams ; odd numbers on one team and even numbers on the other . The team captains chose college names to represent each team name . The odds chose Yale & the evens chose Princeton . The game of `` Kick Baseball '' was the last game they played at the conference to decide the championship for the day . 10 players were chosen for each team and the remaining were organized into a cheering section . Yale kicked first . On the field there was no pitcher , but an extra short - stop between first and second . Only three innings were completed in the heat that day , with Yale ending up as the victor winning 3 to 2 . The cheering sections showed great sportsmanship , applauding all good plays impartially . </P>
where was fieldball first played in the us
where was fieldball first played in the us
April 1922
April 1922