1858.37

In English Novel, Base-Ball Doesn't Occupy Boys Very Long

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	FictionFiction
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	JuvenileJuvenile
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Text	The boys were still restless - ". . . they were rather at a loss for a game. They had played at base-ball and leap-frog; and rival coaches, with six horses at full speed, have been driven several times around the garden, to the imminent risk of box-edgings, and the corner of flower beds: what were they to do?" . The boys appear to be roughly 8 to 10 years old.
Sources	Anon., "Robert Wilmot," in The Parents' Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction (Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1858), page 59
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Submitted by	David Block
Submission Note	email of 2/27/2008
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