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|Year=1853 | |||
|Year Number=3 | |||
|Headline=B is [<i>Still</i>] For Bat and Ball | |Headline=B is [<i>Still</i>] For Bat and Ball | ||
| | |Salience=3 | ||
| | |Game=Trap Ball, | ||
|Text=<p> | |Age of Players=Juvenile | ||
|Text=<p>Under an illustration of trap-ball play, we find in an 1853 children's book: "My name is B, at your beck and call,/ B stands for battledore, bat, and ball;/ From the trap with your bat, the Tennis ball knock,/ With your battledore spin up the light shuttlecock."</p> | |||
|Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Illuminated A, B, C</span> [New York, T. W. Strong], per David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, page 215.</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>The use of a tennis ball in a description of a batting game. </p> | |||
<p>In 1853, the modern game of lawn tennis had not been invented, and most tennis was played for centuries [as players of "Real Tennis" now do] on indoor, walled courts with hard balls that strongly resemble modern baseballs. It is not clear that the old form of tennis was played in the US in the 1850s.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Text | Under an illustration of trap-ball play, we find in an 1853 children's book: "My name is B, at your beck and call,/ B stands for battledore, bat, and ball;/ From the trap with your bat, the Tennis ball knock,/ With your battledore spin up the light shuttlecock." |
| Sources | The Illuminated A, B, C [New York, T. W. Strong], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 215. |
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| Comment | The use of a tennis ball in a description of a batting game. In 1853, the modern game of lawn tennis had not been invented, and most tennis was played for centuries [as players of "Real Tennis" now do] on indoor, walled courts with hard balls that strongly resemble modern baseballs. It is not clear that the old form of tennis was played in the US in the 1850s. Edit with form to add a comment |
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