Dartball

Dartball is a game in which darts are thrown at a large wooden or Homasote board that resembles a baseball field with colored areas which denote bases.

Most leagues end their seasons with championship tournaments held at local high school gymnasiums.

Dartball games can be very competitive; just as in baseball, the opposing team and its supporters may attempt to distract the "batter."

In other leagues, each win or loss in an evening's match is counted in the team's season standings.

It is reported by the president of Apex that "the sport of Dartball was spread around the country by Johnny Appleseed types, such as Lutheran ministers who would bring their dartboards and their bibles as they moved from one congregation to the next.

"[1] On March 31, 1941 Life magazine ran a story on Dartball citing Philadelphia, Kansas City and Milwaukee as strongholds of the sport.

[4] Some boards are more complex and consist of out, single, ball, strike, double play, triple play, stolen base, runner off first, runner off base, sacrifice, balk, home run, and walk space(s) around the four-base diamond: first, second, third, and home plate.

Players throw darts towards the playing field from the pitcher's line at a distance of 25 feet.

There are several sections: Strike, Ball, Hit, Foul, Out, Sacrifice, Stolen Base, Single, Double and Triple.

The count is reset any time the dart lands on another area such as Hit, Double or Home run.