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|Year=1810 | |Year=1810 | ||
|Year Number=2 | |||
|Headline=Children's Book Describes Trap Ball and its Benefits | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Text=<p>< | |Game=Trap Ball, | ||
|Age of Players=Juvenile | |||
|Text=<p>A book published in Philadelphia and New York depicts trap ball, "one of the most pleasing sports that youth can exercise in. It strengthens the the arms, exercises the legs [but is not a running game], and adds pleasure to the mind." </p> | |||
|Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Youthful Amusements</span> (Johnson and Warner, Philadelphia, 1810), pp. 37 and 40. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, <span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball before We Knew It</span>,</span> see page 243 and ref #62. The same text later appeared in <span>Remarks on Children's Play</span> (Samuel Wood and Sons, New York, 1819), p. 32. Per Altherr ref #64 in Block. This book describes thirty games and includes an engraving of trap-ball.</p> | |||
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| Text | A book published in Philadelphia and New York depicts trap ball, "one of the most pleasing sports that youth can exercise in. It strengthens the the arms, exercises the legs [but is not a running game], and adds pleasure to the mind." |
| Sources | Youthful Amusements (Johnson and Warner, Philadelphia, 1810), pp. 37 and 40. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, see page 243 and ref #62. The same text later appeared in Remarks on Children's Play (Samuel Wood and Sons, New York, 1819), p. 32. Per Altherr ref #64 in Block. This book describes thirty games and includes an engraving of trap-ball. |
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