“Anyone want to see a good beeball game? My old alma mater, Ryderling High, is playing Sunset.”2001, John Bateson, Chocolate and Bombs Forever, page 59:
“Bee-ball?” Mike asked. “I got an hour.” […] It was looking to both of them that there might be no game today; just shots and dribbles and conversation.2015, Tracy Amos, Flying with Crows:
beeball
noun
Etymology Blend of Beeman + ball, after its inventor Clarence W. Beeman.
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Dated A team sport with elements of rugby and football/soccer.
Special methods for the teaching of speed ball, soccer, touch football, beeball, field ball, […]1951, Wayne University Bulletin, page 161: