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|Text=<p>An 1842 reference indicates that rounders was played at an international agricultural school near Bern.</p> | |Text=<p>An 1842 reference indicates that rounders was played at an international agricultural school near Bern.</p> | ||
<p>"During a general game, in which some of the masters join (rounders I think the English boys called it) I have observed . . . "</p> | <p>"During a general game, in which some of the masters join (rounders I think the English boys called it) I have observed . . . "</p> | ||
|Sources=<p> | |Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Letters from Hofwyl by a Parent on the Educational Institutions of De Fellenberg,</span> (Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 1842), page 90.</p> | ||
<p>Accessible on Google Books 11/ | <p>Accessible on Google Books 11/14/2013 via <letters from hofwyl> search.</p> | ||
|Comment=<p>From David Block: "Unless I'm forgetting something, this may be the earliest example we have of baseball or rounders being played outside of Britain or North America. (I don't count Gutsmuths because there is no evidence that the game was actually played | |Comment=<p>From David Block: "Unless I'm forgetting something, this may be the earliest example we have of baseball or rounders being played outside of Britain or North America. (I don't count the 1796 description of English baseball by J.C.F. Gutsmuths because there is no evidence that the game was actually played in Germany.)</p> | ||
|Query=<p>Was the game dissimilar from the European "battingball games" reported by Maigaard?</p> | |Query=<p>Was the game dissimilar from the European "battingball games" reported by Maigaard?</p> | ||
<p>Can we determine whether the players were youths or juveniles?</p> | <p>Can we determine whether the players were youths or juveniles?</p> | ||
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Rounders Reported at Swiss School
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| City/State/Country: | Bern, Switzerland |
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| Game | RoundersRounders |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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| Text | An 1842 reference indicates that rounders was played at an international agricultural school near Bern. "During a general game, in which some of the masters join (rounders I think the English boys called it) I have observed . . . " |
| Sources | Letters from Hofwyl by a Parent on the Educational Institutions of De Fellenberg, (Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 1842), page 90. Accessible on Google Books 11/14/2013 via <letters from hofwyl> search. |
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| Comment | From David Block: "Unless I'm forgetting something, this may be the earliest example we have of baseball or rounders being played outside of Britain or North America. (I don't count the 1796 description of English baseball by J.C.F. Gutsmuths because there is no evidence that the game was actually played in Germany.) Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Was the game dissimilar from the European "battingball games" reported by Maigaard? Can we determine whether the players were youths or juveniles? Edit with form to add a query |
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| Submitted by | David Block |
| Submission Note | Email of 11/13/2013 |
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1842.11 Rounders Reported at Swiss School"
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