Chronology:OFBB? (remembered as base ball in 1877)
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1845.30 Base Ball and Bagpipes and Whisky on the Fourth!
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"William Vroman recalls attending a Fourth of July celebration in 1845:
'The programme was for fun generally, and we had it. Rifle shooting for sheep, home-made Scotch whisky and beer, playing base ball, dancing the 'Highland fling' on the green, with Billy Ray and his bagpipes for music.'
Sources:
Madison, Dane County and Surrounding Towns;
being a History and Guide" (Madison, Wisconsin; 1877).
Comment:
I'm not sure that the combination of homemade whiskey and Billy Ray playing the bagpipes would be such a good idea, particularly not with rifles lying about. -- Richard Hershberger
Especially if the sheep had the rifles -- Protoball Functionary
As of December 2020, Protoball has no base ball is known in Madison before 1860.
Year
1845