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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1855 | |Year=1855 | ||
|Year Suffix=c | |Year Suffix=c | ||
|Year Number=10 | |||
|Headline="New Game" of Wicket Played in HI | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Country=US | |||
|State=HI | |||
|City=Honolulu | |||
|Game=Wicket | |Game=Wicket | ||
|Text=<p>[ | |Age of Players=Youth | ||
|Text=<p>[A] "In 1855 the new game of wicket was introduced at Punahou [School] and for a few years was the leading athletic game on the campus. . . . [The] fiercely contested games drew many spectators from among the young ladies and aroused no common interest among the friends of the school."</p> | |||
<p>[ | <p>[B] "One game they all enjoyed was wicket, often watched by small Mary Burbank. Aipuni, the Hawaiians called it, or rounders, perhaps because the bat had a large rounder end. It was a forerunner of baseball, but the broad, heavy bat was held close to the ground."</p> | ||
<p>[3] Through further digging, John Thorn traces the migration of wicket to Hawaii through the Hawaii-born missionary Henry Obookiah. At age 17, Obookiah traveled to New Haven and was educated in the area. He died there in 1818, but not before helping organize a ministry [Episcopalian?] t\in Hawaii that began in 1820.</p> | |||
<p>[3 | |Sources=<p>[A] J. S. Emerson, "Personal Reminiscences of S. C. Armstrong," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Southern Workman</span> Volume 36, number 6 (June 1907), pages 337-338. Accessed 2/12/10 via Google Books search ("punahou school" workman 1907). Punahou School, formerly Oahu College, is in Honolulu.</p> | ||
<p>[B] Damon M. Ethel, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sanford Ballard Dole and His Hawaii</span> [Pacific Books, Palo Alto, 1957], page 41. </p> | |||
<p>[C] John's source is the pamphlet <em>Hawaiian Oddities,</em> by Mike Jay [R. D. Seal, Seattle, ca 1960]. [Personal communication, 7/26/04.]</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>Damon added: "[[Aipuni]], the Hawaiians called it, or rounders, perhaps because the bat had a larger rounder end.t was a a forerunner of baseball, but the broad, heavy bat was held close to thee ground."</p> | |||
|Submitted by=John Thorn | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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"New Game" of Wicket Played in HI
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| City/State/Country: | Honolulu, HI, US |
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| Game | WicketWicket |
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| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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| Text | [A] "In 1855 the new game of wicket was introduced at Punahou [School] and for a few years was the leading athletic game on the campus. . . . [The] fiercely contested games drew many spectators from among the young ladies and aroused no common interest among the friends of the school." [B] "One game they all enjoyed was wicket, often watched by small Mary Burbank. Aipuni, the Hawaiians called it, or rounders, perhaps because the bat had a large rounder end. It was a forerunner of baseball, but the broad, heavy bat was held close to the ground." [3] Through further digging, John Thorn traces the migration of wicket to Hawaii through the Hawaii-born missionary Henry Obookiah. At age 17, Obookiah traveled to New Haven and was educated in the area. He died there in 1818, but not before helping organize a ministry [Episcopalian?] t\in Hawaii that began in 1820. |
| Sources | [A] J. S. Emerson, "Personal Reminiscences of S. C. Armstrong," The Southern Workman Volume 36, number 6 (June 1907), pages 337-338. Accessed 2/12/10 via Google Books search ("punahou school" workman 1907). Punahou School, formerly Oahu College, is in Honolulu. [B] Damon M. Ethel, Sanford Ballard Dole and His Hawaii [Pacific Books, Palo Alto, 1957], page 41. [C] John's source is the pamphlet Hawaiian Oddities, by Mike Jay [R. D. Seal, Seattle, ca 1960]. [Personal communication, 7/26/04.] |
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| Comment | Damon added: "Aipuni, the Hawaiians called it, or rounders, perhaps because the bat had a larger rounder end.t was a a forerunner of baseball, but the broad, heavy bat was held close to thee ground." Edit with form to add a comment |
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