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- 1795.2 + (<p>Winterbotham, William, <u>A … <p>Winterbotham, William, <u>An Historical, Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical View of the American United States</u> [London], per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, page 180. Coverage of New England [volume 2, page 17] reports that "The healthy and athletic diversions of cricket, foot ball, quoits, wrestling, jumping, hopping, foot races, and prison bars, are universally practiced in the country, and some of them in the most populous places, and by people of almost all ranks." The Tennessee section [volume 3, page 235] mentions the region's fondness for sports, including "playing at ball." Block notes that Winterbotham is sometimes credited with saying that bat and ball was popular in America before the Revolutionary War, and that adults played it, but reports that scholars, himself included, have not yet confirmed such wording at this point.</p>himself included, have not yet confirmed such wording at this point.</p>)