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Rubber balls were still centuries away, so the ball was a wad of hair, wool, or cork wrapped in string and cloth or leather, then in later years, hand-stitched in felt to look something like a modern Baseball.

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16y ago

That information is lost in legends and time. ;-)

For some history about the tennis ball -- including its old scottish origins from a wool-wraped stomach of a sheep or goat -- please follow this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_ball

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the first person who invented a tennis ball is king henrey the 5th

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rubber balls were still centrys away,so the ball was made out of wool

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Nach libre

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