Clipping:Collegiate players in England

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Date Saturday, September 21, 1889
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Pitcher King of Princeton College is back from England, and this is his testimony in regard to the attempt to introduce base ball into England. “Our mission has achieved only a modicum of success, as we have made, so far, no startling strikes toward making the game universal. Yet something has been done: the seeds have been sown, and the Briton’s inherent love for cricket has been supplanted in some few cases. Our main point of attack has been toward giving the foot ball players, whose numbers are legion here, something to do during the Summer months when they would otherwise be idle, as the English foot ball season begins in September and extends to late April.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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