1868.9

American Baseball introduced to England?

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Antedated Firsts, English Base BallAntedated Firsts, English Base Ball
Location
City/State/Country:	England
Modern Address
Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
Holiday
Notables	Henry Chadwick
Text	"Base Ball in England--Our national game, we are glad to learn, has taken a start in England, some American students at one of the schools having introduced it as one of their pastimes. That it will ultimately be played in England, we have no doubt, the short time it requires being a principle recommendation, especially in view of the fact that, now that such large scores are being made in leading cricket matches, the length of such contests has become tediously objectionable. Mr. Chadwick has recently received an order from the noted publishing house of Routledge & Sons to write them a book on base ball for the English market, and that firm will issue one in London in July next." Routledge did come out the next year with "Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopædia of Sports," which had a section on baseball.
Sources	The American Chronicle, May 28, 1868
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External Number
Submitted by	Bruce Allardice
Submission Note
Has Supplemental Text

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