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Schoolboy Game of "Three Base Ball" Recalled in Brooklyn

Salience Noteworthy
City/State/Country: Flatbush, NY, United States
Game Base Ball
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"Erasmus Hall academy [Brooklyn NY] had a fine play ground surrounding it. Here John Oakey and his school fellows played many a game of three base ball. The boys who played were called hinders, pitchers, catchers, and outers, and in order to put a boy out it was necessary to strike him with the ball. On one occasion John Oakey threw the ball from second base and put another boy out. The boy said he did not feel the ball and therefore he had not been put out. John made up his mind that the next time he caught that chap between the bases he would not say afterward that he did not feel the ball. It was only a few days after that an opportunity occurred. John let the ball go for all he was worth and caught the boy in the back. He went down in a heap, but instantly sprang to his feet and cried out, 'It didn't hit me; it didn't hit me.' But John Oakey and all the boys knew better. For a week after that boy had a lame back, but he would never acknowledge that the ball did it."

 

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"Sports in Old Brooklyn: Colonel John Oakey Tells of the Games of His Boyhood: How Some Well Known Men Amused Themselves in Bygone Days - Duck-on-the-Rock, Three Base Ball and Two Old Cat Good Enough for Them," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, vol. 54, number 292 (October 21, 1894), page 21, columns 4 and 5. Submitted 5/1/2007 by Craig Waff. 

Comment

 See also 1837c.12

Craig reported that Oakey, 65 years old in 1894, had attended Erasmus Hall from 1838 to 1845.

David Dyte added details in a July 3, 2009 19CBB posting. 

 

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Does the full Daily Eagle article say more about two old cat and other safe-haven games?

Can we retrieve David's details in his posting?

 

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Submitted by Craig Waff
Submission Note Emailed 5/1/2007



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