Block:English Baseball in Berkshire on January 31 1877
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| Data | A location called the “Base-ball Pit” in the village of Cookham, Berkshire, was where a man named William Brothers hanged himself from a tree. A newspaper reported that the body was found suspended by a cord from the branch of a tree by a ploughboy named Harry Willis. Apparently, the deceased had been recently depressed. |
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| Sources | Maidenhead Advertiser, Jan. 31, 1877, p. 3 |
| Block Notes | It is not clear how the “Base-ball Pit” got its name. |
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