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|Term=Touch-the-Base | |Term=Touch-the-Base | ||
|Game Family=Hook-em-snivy | |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy | ||
|Game Eras=Predecessor | |||
|Invented Game=No | |||
|Description=<p>Writing of the Ohio youth of a Civil War general in about 1840, Whitelaw Reid (1868) reported that “Touch-the-Base” was the favorite game, and of all who engaged in the romp, none were more eager or happy than ‘Jimmy” (the late Major-General James McPherson). We cannot be sure that this was a ball game.</p> | |Description=<p>Writing of the Ohio youth of a Civil War general in about 1840, Whitelaw Reid (1868) reported that “Touch-the-Base” was the favorite game, and of all who engaged in the romp, none were more eager or happy than ‘Jimmy” (the late Major-General James McPherson). We cannot be sure that this was a ball game.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Whitelaw Reid, <em>Ohio</em><em> in the War</em><span> (Moore, Wilstach and Baldwin, Cincinnati, 1868), page 562.</span></p> | |Sources=<p>Whitelaw Reid, <em>Ohio</em><em> in the War</em><span> (Moore, Wilstach and Baldwin, Cincinnati, 1868), page 562.</span></p> | ||
<p><span>See also PBall Chronology entry #[[1840c.37]]<br /></span></p> | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:43, 8 May 2013
| Game | Touch-the-Base |
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| Game Family | Hook-em-snivy |
| Location | |
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| Eras | Predecessor |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | Writing of the Ohio youth of a Civil War general in about 1840, Whitelaw Reid (1868) reported that “Touch-the-Base” was the favorite game, and of all who engaged in the romp, none were more eager or happy than ‘Jimmy” (the late Major-General James McPherson). We cannot be sure that this was a ball game. |
| Sources | Whitelaw Reid, Ohio in the War (Moore, Wilstach and Baldwin, Cincinnati, 1868), page 562. See also PBall Chronology entry #1840c.37 |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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