BobC is correct -- all this info is known to the tiny community of "game guys," but it was good to put the info
out there for the rest of the collecting world, so thanks, BobC, for that.
All we'd add is that the game is actually titled "Inside" Base Ball. It was made in two editions (one about 17 3/4" square,
the other just under 13" square) by The Popular Games Co. The patent does date to 1911, and to an earlier version
of the game produced by the Inside Base Ball Co. Those player discs are similar, but are center punched and
sport the names of Boston Braves and Washington Senators players from 1910-11.
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