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"Base" and Cricket Listed in Book of US Pastimes
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| Text | Horatio Smith, Festivals, Games and Amusements, Ancient and Modern [New York, Harper], p 330. Per Henderson ref 146. David Block notes that its comment, "The games and amusements of New England are similar to other sections of the United States. The young men are expert in a variety of games at ball - such as cricket, base, cat, football, trap ball . . . ," is the first known book reference to the play of "base" ball in the US. [David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 193-194.] |
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| Comment | The cited lines were from an appendix to Smith's book on American games, written by Samuel Woodworth c. 1835. ][ba] Edit with form to add a comment |
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1831.2 "Base" and Cricket Listed in Book of US Pastimes"
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