1857c.34
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Wicket Played at Eastern OH College; Future President Excels
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | College, FamousCollege, Famous |
| Location | OhioOhio |
| City/State/Country: | Hiram, OH, United States |
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| Game | WicketWicket |
| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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| Text | "In the street, in front of [Hiram College] President Hinsdale's (which was then Mr. Garfield's house), is the ground where we played wicket ball; Mr. Garfield was one of our best players." The school was then the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute. It became Hiram College in 1867. |
| Sources | F. M. Green, Hiram College (Hubbell Printing, Cleveland, 1901), page 156. Accessed via Google Books search ("Hiram College" green). |
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| Comment | James A. Garfield was Principal and Professor at Hiram College from 1856-1859. He was about 26 in 1857, and had been born and reared in Eastern Ohio. Hiram Ohio is about 30 miles SE of Cleveland. Edit with form to add a comment |
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1857c.34 Wicket Played at Eastern OH College; Future President Excels"
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