old cat
noun1
A traditional game resembling baseball.
- Boys had played "old cat" all over the country for forty years before the Knickerbockers ever thought of forming themselves into a club and making rules for the government of the sport.1907, Mind and Body: A Monthly Journal Devoted to Physical Education, page 319:
- The game of old cat could be modified to fit almost any number of players: from one-old-cat, which had two bases and one striker, to four-old-cat, which had four bases and four strikers.2017, Martin C. Babicz, Thomas W. Zeiler, National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball, page 4: