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|Year=1858 | |||
|Year Number=37 | |||
|Headline=In English Novel, Base-Ball Doesn't Occupy Boys Very Long | |Headline=In English Novel, Base-Ball Doesn't Occupy Boys Very Long | ||
| | |Salience=2 | ||
| | |Tags=Fiction, | ||
| | |Location=England, | ||
|Text=<p>The boys were still restless - ". . . they were rather at a loss for a game. | |Country=England | ||
|Game=Base Ball, | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Juvenile | |||
|Text=<p>The boys were still restless - ". . . they were rather at a loss for a game. They had played at base-ball and leap-frog; and rival coaches, with six horses at full speed, have been driven several times around the garden, to the imminent risk of box-edgings, and the corner of flower beds: what were they to do?" . The boys appear to be roughly 8 to 10 years old.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p>Anon., "Robert Wilmot," in <span>The Parents' Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction</span> (Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1858), page 59</p> | |||
|Submitted by=David Block | |||
|Submission Note=email of 2/27/2008 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
|Coordinates=52.3555177, -1.1743197 | |||
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| Tags | FictionFiction |
| Location | EnglandEngland |
| City/State/Country: | England |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | JuvenileJuvenile |
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| Text | The boys were still restless - ". . . they were rather at a loss for a game. They had played at base-ball and leap-frog; and rival coaches, with six horses at full speed, have been driven several times around the garden, to the imminent risk of box-edgings, and the corner of flower beds: what were they to do?" . The boys appear to be roughly 8 to 10 years old. |
| Sources | Anon., "Robert Wilmot," in The Parents' Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction (Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1858), page 59 |
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| Submitted by | David Block |
| Submission Note | email of 2/27/2008 |
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1858.37 In English Novel, Base-Ball Doesn't Occupy Boys Very Long"
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