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|Year=1851 | |||
|Year Number=2 | |||
|Headline=San Francisco CA Weighs Plusses and Minuses of Base Ball | |Headline=San Francisco CA Weighs Plusses and Minuses of Base Ball | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Location=California | |Location=California | ||
|Game= | |Game=Rules Not Known | ||
|Text=<p>"San Francisco newspapers reported the appearance of base-ball in early 1851 in the town square - The Plaza - or today's Portsmouth Square. | |Text=<p>"San Francisco newspapers reported the appearance of base-ball in early 1851 in the town square - The Plaza - or today's Portsmouth Square. The final report of San Francisco's inaugural base ball season included the following: 'There the boys play at ball, some of them using expressions towards their companions, expressions neither flattering, innocent nor commendable. Men, too, children of a larger growth, do the same things.'" "The Corral," <em>Alta California</em>, March 25, 1851.</p> | ||
<p>A few weeks earlier, coverage had been more favorable: | <p>A few weeks earlier, coverage had been more favorable: "The plaza has at last been turned to some account by our citizens. Yesterday quite a crowd collected upon it, to take part in and witness a game of ball, many taking a hand. We were much better pleased at it, than to witness the crowds in the gambling saloons which surround the square." "Sports on the Plaza," <em>Daily California Courier</em>, February 4, 1851. A third article said of the base ball activity: "[T]his is certainly an innocent recreation, but occasionally the ball strikes a horse passing." "The Plaza," <em>San Francisco Herald</em>, March 1, 1851. <strong>Query:</strong> Can we assume that this game not played according to the Knickerbocker rules?</p> | ||
<p>Submitted by Angus Macfarlane, January 2007.</p> | <p>Submitted by Angus Macfarlane, January 2007.</p> | ||
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| Text | "San Francisco newspapers reported the appearance of base-ball in early 1851 in the town square - The Plaza - or today's Portsmouth Square. The final report of San Francisco's inaugural base ball season included the following: 'There the boys play at ball, some of them using expressions towards their companions, expressions neither flattering, innocent nor commendable. Men, too, children of a larger growth, do the same things.'" "The Corral," Alta California, March 25, 1851. A few weeks earlier, coverage had been more favorable: "The plaza has at last been turned to some account by our citizens. Yesterday quite a crowd collected upon it, to take part in and witness a game of ball, many taking a hand. We were much better pleased at it, than to witness the crowds in the gambling saloons which surround the square." "Sports on the Plaza," Daily California Courier, February 4, 1851. A third article said of the base ball activity: "[T]his is certainly an innocent recreation, but occasionally the ball strikes a horse passing." "The Plaza," San Francisco Herald, March 1, 1851. Query: Can we assume that this game not played according to the Knickerbocker rules? Submitted by Angus Macfarlane, January 2007. |
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