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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1841 | |||
|Year Number=15 | |||
|Headline=Base and Wicket in New Orleans? | |Headline=Base and Wicket in New Orleans? | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Location=US South | |Location=US South | ||
|Text=<p>"Who has not played 'barn ball' in boyhood, 'base' in his youth and 'wicket' in his adulthood?" | |Game=Wicket, | ||
|Text=<p>"Who has not played 'barn ball' in boyhood, 'base' in his youth and 'wicket' in his adulthood?" <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New Orleans</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Picayune</span>, 1841. This cite is found in Tom Melville, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America</span> (Bowling Green State U Press, Bowling Green, 1998), page 6. He attributes it, apparently, to Dale Somers, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Rise of Sports in New Orleans</span> (LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1972), page 48. <strong>Note:</strong> Melville is willing to identify the sport as the one that was played mostly in the CT-central MA area . . . but it is conceivable that the writer intended to denote cricket instead? Do we have other references to wicket in LA?</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>The original article is in the New Orleans Times Picayune, May 31, 1841, and references a reminisce in a Cleveland OH newspaper article. [ba]</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Text | "Who has not played 'barn ball' in boyhood, 'base' in his youth and 'wicket' in his adulthood?" New Orleans Picayune, 1841. This cite is found in Tom Melville, The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America (Bowling Green State U Press, Bowling Green, 1998), page 6. He attributes it, apparently, to Dale Somers, The Rise of Sports in New Orleans (LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1972), page 48. Note: Melville is willing to identify the sport as the one that was played mostly in the CT-central MA area . . . but it is conceivable that the writer intended to denote cricket instead? Do we have other references to wicket in LA? |
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| Comment | The original article is in the New Orleans Times Picayune, May 31, 1841, and references a reminisce in a Cleveland OH newspaper article. [ba] Edit with form to add a comment |
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1841.15 Base and Wicket in New Orleans?"
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