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|Year=1853 | |Year=1853 | ||
|Year Suffix=c | |Year Suffix=c | ||
|Year Number=13 | |||
|Headline=At Harvard, Most Students Played Baseball and Football, Some Cricket or Four-Old-Cat | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
| | |Tags=College, Harvard College, | ||
|Game=Cricket | |Country=United States | ||
| | |State=MA | ||
|Text=<p>Reflecting back nearly sixty years, the secretary of the class of 1855 wrote: | |City=Cambridge | ||
<p>"News from the Classes," < | |Game=Cricket, Base Ball, Old-Cat Games | ||
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective | |||
|Age of Players=Youth | |||
|Text=<p>Reflecting back nearly sixty years later, the secretary of the class of 1855 wrote: "In those days, substantially all the students played football and <strong>baseball</strong> [MA <strong>round ball</strong>, probably], while some played <strong>cricket</strong> and <strong>four-old-cat</strong>."</p> | |||
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|Sources=<p>"News from the Classes," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Harvard Graduates Magazine</span> Volume 18 (1909-1910). Accessed 2/11/10 via Google Books search ("e.h.abbot, sec."). From an death notice of Alexander Agassis, b. 1835</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
|Coordinates=42.3736158, -71.1097335 | |||
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At Harvard, Most Students Played Baseball and Football, Some Cricket or Four-Old-Cat
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| Tags | College, Harvard CollegeCollege, Harvard College |
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| City/State/Country: | Cambridge, MA, United States |
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| Game | Cricket, Base Ball, Old-Cat GamesCricket, Base Ball, Old-Cat Games |
| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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| Text | Reflecting back nearly sixty years later, the secretary of the class of 1855 wrote: "In those days, substantially all the students played football and baseball [MA round ball, probably], while some played cricket and four-old-cat."
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| Sources | "News from the Classes," Harvard Graduates Magazine Volume 18 (1909-1910). Accessed 2/11/10 via Google Books search ("e.h.abbot, sec."). From an death notice of Alexander Agassis, b. 1835 |
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1853c.13 At Harvard, Most Students Played Baseball and Football, Some Cricket or Four-Old-Cat"
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