A game of hand-ball.
TO BASE
To lay the foundation of an argument. This word is not in the English Dictionaries in this sense. We say, for example, "He bases his arguments on these facts." It is used in good language both in England and America.
The Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Journal of Commerce, in speaking of a rumor that Mr. Pakenham had made overtures to our Government, says:
The rumor is based upon a very general belief that Mr. P. has instructions of a discretionary kind to resume the negotiation.
We learn, that the revolution (in Mexico) is based upon the disavowal by the late Mexican Congress of the treaties made with the Yucatecos by Santa Anna.--New Orleans Picayune.