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|Headline=Two New Yorkers Get Guard House for Ballplaying At Time of Religious Rites | |Headline=Two New Yorkers Get Guard House Sentence for Ballplaying At Time of Religious Rites | ||
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|Tags=Bans, | |Tags=Bans, | ||
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|Age of Players=Unknown | |Age of Players=Unknown | ||
|Text=<p>"Turning now from these serious offences against public order, we find accounts of numerous violations common to most communities, even at the present day. These acts varied in the degree of their gravity. From the court records we learn of such minor offenders as Joseph and Edward Anderson, who were arrested for grievously assaulting a watchman who was marching them to the guard house ''for playing with a bat and ball during the time of divine service.''</p> | |Text=<p>"Turning now from these serious offences against public order, we find accounts of numerous violations common to most communities, even at the present day. These acts varied in the degree of their gravity. From the court records we learn of such minor offenders as Joseph and Edward Anderson, who were arrested for grievously assaulting a watchman who was marching them to the guard house ''for playing with a bat and ball during the time of divine service.''</p> | ||
<p><span>(Thanks to Tom Dyja for reporting this very early evidence.)</span></p> | |||
|Sources=<p>George Edwards, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York as Eighteenth Century Municipality</span> (Columbia University Press, 1917), pp. 116-117<em><br /></em></p> | |Sources=<p>George Edwards, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York as Eighteenth Century Municipality</span> (Columbia University Press, 1917), pp. 116-117<em><br /></em></p> | ||
<p>Edwards' citation: "<span>Minutes of Quarter Sessions, May 4, 1738."</span></p> | <p>Edwards' citation: "<span>Minutes of Quarter Sessions, May 4, 1738."</span></p> | ||
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| Tags | BansBans |
| Location | New YorkNew York |
| City/State/Country: | New York, NY, United States |
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| Text | "Turning now from these serious offences against public order, we find accounts of numerous violations common to most communities, even at the present day. These acts varied in the degree of their gravity. From the court records we learn of such minor offenders as Joseph and Edward Anderson, who were arrested for grievously assaulting a watchman who was marching them to the guard house for playing with a bat and ball during the time of divine service. (Thanks to Tom Dyja for reporting this very early evidence.) |
| Sources | George Edwards, New York as Eighteenth Century Municipality (Columbia University Press, 1917), pp. 116-117 Edwards' citation: "Minutes of Quarter Sessions, May 4, 1738." |
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| Comment | As of January 2023, this appears to be one of Protoball's ten earliest reports of ballplaying in the United States, and the third to appear in what is now New York City. It may be the first know legal action taken against ballplaying. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | John Thorn |
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1738.1 Two New Yorkers Get Guard House Sentence for Ballplaying At Time of Religious Rites"
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