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Base Ball Verse for Adults
Salience | Peripheral |
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Tags | Ball in the CultureBall in the Culture |
Location | |
City/State/Country: | NYC, NY, USA |
Modern Address | |
Game | Base BallBase Ball |
Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
Holiday | |
Notables | |
Text | "BASE BALL" Nor will the SPIRIT e'er forget thy names/Base Ball, and Cricket, noble, manly games,/Where Health herself beholds the wicket fall,/ and Joy goes flying for the bounding ball,/And the gay greensward, studded with bright eyes/Of maid, who mark the glorious exercise,/Clap their white hands, and shout for very fun,/In free applause of every gallant run.-- New Year's Address |
Sources | Porter's Spirit of the Times, Jan. 3, 1857 |
Warning | |
Comment | Prior base ball verses were aimed at juveniles...this is the earliest aimed at adult players and the ladies who cheered them on. Edit with form to add a comment |
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Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
External Number | |
Submitted by | Bob Tholkes |
Submission Note | 2/25/2014 |
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1857.41 Base Ball Verse for Adults"
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