In Bluffdale Circa 1826

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Date of Game	Circa 1826
Game	Town Ball, Bull Pen
Location	Bluffdale, IL, United States
Modern Address	Columbiana
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Description	Out of school hours we played the games of boyhood then known to us. The game of ball called bull pen, town ball, prisoner's base, foot racing, high jumping, far jumping, hop, step, and jump were worked for all there was in them; and with frequent bouts at wrestling the square hold, the side hold, the breeches hold, Indian hug and catch as catch can, our joints and muscles were kept limber and our brains and livers from becoming torpid.Brush (b. 1813) says this play was when he was 12-14 years old
Sources	Memoirs of Daniel H. Brush, at IL State Historical Library
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Submitted by	Bruce Allardice
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