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NY Paper Carries Notice for "English Trap Ball" at a Military Ground

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Text	"At Dyde's Military Grounds. Up the Broadway, to-morrow afternoon, September 14, the game of English Trap Ball will be played, full as amusing as Crickets and the exercise not so violent:" New York Evening Post, September 13, 1811, page 3 column 3. Submitted by George Thompson 8/2/2005. Three days later: "The amusements at Dyde's to-morrow, Tuesday the 17^th September, will be Rifle Shooting for he prize, and English Trap Ball. The gentlemen who have promised to attend to form a club to play at Trap Ball are respectfully requested to attend." New York Evening Post, September 16, 1811, page 3 column 3. Submitted by George Thompson, 8/2/2005. And four days later, notice was made that "Trap Ball, Quoits, Cricket, &c." would be played at the ground. However, more space is now given to rifle and pistol shooting contests. New York Evening Post, September 20, 1811, page 3 column 3. Submitted by George Thompson, 8/2/2005.
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