1845.30

Base Ball and Bagpipes and Whisky on the Fourth!

Salience	Peripheral
Tags	Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules
Location
City/State/Country:	Madison, WI, United States
Modern Address
Game	OFBB? (remembered as base ball in 1877)OFBB? (remembered as base ball in 1877)
Immediacy of Report	Retrospective
Age of Players	UnknownUnknown
Holiday	July 4
Notables
Text	"William Vroman recalls attending a Fourth of July celebration in 1845: 'The programme was for fun generally, and we had it. Rifle shooting for sheep, home-made Scotch whisky and beer, playing base ball, dancing the 'Highland fling' on the green, with Billy Ray and his bagpipes for music.'
Sources	Madison, Dane County and Surrounding Towns; being a History and Guide" (Madison, Wisconsin; 1877).
Warning
Comment	I'm not sure that the combination of homemade whiskey and Billy Ray playing the bagpipes would be such a good idea, particularly not with rifles lying about. -- Richard Hershberger Especially if the sheep had the rifles -- Protoball Functionary As of December 2020, Protoball has no base ball is known in Madison before 1860. Edit with form to add a comment
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External Number
Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Submission Note	Email of 12/9/2020; Improved by Bruce Allardice, 12/10/2020
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