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|Text=<p>"Wrestling, jumping, running foot races, and playing at ball, are the common diversions." W. Winterbotham, <u>An Historical Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States</u>, Volume 3 (London, 1795), page 235. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," <u>Base Ball</u>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 30-31. Tom notes [ibid] that Winterbotham was writing about Federal territory south of the Ohio River. <b>Note: </b> KY, maybe? Volume 3 of this work is not accessible via Google Books as of 11/15/2008.</p> | |Text=<p>"Wrestling, jumping, running foot races, and playing at ball, are the common diversions." W. Winterbotham, <u>An Historical Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States</u>, Volume 3 (London, 1795), page 235. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," <u>Base Ball</u>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 30-31. Tom notes [ibid] that Winterbotham was writing about Federal territory south of the Ohio River. <b>Note: </b> KY, maybe? Volume 3 of this work is not accessible via Google Books as of 11/15/2008.</p> | ||
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Text | "Wrestling, jumping, running foot races, and playing at ball, are the common diversions." W. Winterbotham, An Historical Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, Volume 3 (London, 1795), page 235. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 30-31. Tom notes [ibid] that Winterbotham was writing about Federal territory south of the Ohio River. Note: KY, maybe? Volume 3 of this work is not accessible via Google Books as of 11/15/2008. |
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