1853.3
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Text | The Illuminated A, B, C [New York, T. W. Strong], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 215. Under an illustration of trap-ball play, we find: "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." Note: In 1853, the game of lawn tennis had not been invented, and most tennis was played [as players of "Real Tennis" now do] on indoor, walled courts with hard balls that strongly resemble modern baseballs. It is not clear that tennis was played in the US in the 1850s. |
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1853.3 B is [Still] For Bat and Ball"
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