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Americans in London Play "A Game Called Ball," Seen as a "Novelty" By Locals
| Salience | Prominent |
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| Tags | Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules |
| Location | LondonLondon |
| City/State/Country: | London, England |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | BallBall |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
| Holiday | |
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| Text | "On Wednesday a match for 80 guineas, at a game called Ball. was played by Eight American Gentlemen, in a field on the side of the Commercial-road. The novelty of the game attracted the attention of the passing multitude, who departed highly gratified." |
| Sources | Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser (London), June 23, 1809, page 2. See David Block, Pastime Lost: The Humble, Original, and Now Completely Forgotten Game of English Baseball (University of Nebraska Press, 2019), page 237. |
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| Comment | Block adds: "Other games besides baseball, of course, could have borne the label Ball on that occasion, but none seem obvious. Cricket, football, trap-ball, stool-ball, golf, and various games in the hockey family ,including bandy, hurling, and shinty, all had a presence in the British Isles in that era, but there is no reason the passing multitude in London that day would have considered any of them a "novelty." Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Does the sum of 80 guineas as the game's stakes imply anything about the players? Edit with form to add a query |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | David Block |
| Submission Note | Email of 8/24/2020 |
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1809.1 Americans in London Play "A Game Called Ball," Seen as a "Novelty" By Locals"
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