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|Headline=Kentucky Abolitionist Played Base-ball
|Year=1823
|Year=1823
|Year Suffix=c
|Year Suffix=c
|Is in main chronology=yes
|Year Number=9
|Location=South
|Headline=Kentucky Abolitionist Recalls Playing Base-ball
|Text=<p>"I had ever been devoted to athletic sports - riding on horseback . . . playing base-ball, bandy, foot-ball and all that - so I had confidence in my prowess." C. Clay, <u>The Life of Cassius Marcellus Clay; Memoirs, Writings and Speeches</u>, Volume 1 (Brennan and Co., Cincinnati, 1886), page 35. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," <u>Base Ball</u>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 31. Clay was 13 years old and at a KY College in 1823.  His book, which makes no other reference to ball-playing, was accessed 11/15/2008 via a Google Books search for "life of cassius."</p>
|Salience=2
|Tags=Famous,
|Location=KY,
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=37.8092279, -85.46690249999999
|State=KY
|City=Bardstown
|Modern Address=
|Game=
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|Age of Players=Youth
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|Text=<p>"I had ever been devoted to athletic sports - riding on horseback . . . playing base-ball, bandy, foot-ball and all that - so I had confidence in my prowess."</p>
<p>-- Cassius Marcellus Clay, on his outdoor activities at St. Joseph College in Kentucky in about 1823.</p>
<p>Clay (b. 1810) attended Madison Seminary, St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, KY around 1823.</p>
|Sources=<p>Cassius Marcellus Clay,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Life of Cassius Marcellus Clay; Memoirs, Writings and Speeches</span>, Volume 1 (Brennan and Co., Cincinnati, 1886), page 35. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games,"&nbsp;<em>Base Ball</em>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 31.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Raised in Nelson Counrty</p>
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|Comment=<p>Clay's book, which seems to make no other reference to ball-playing, was accessed 11/15/2008 via a Google Books search for &lt;life of cassius&gt;.</p>
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Kentucky Abolitionist Recalls Playing Base-ball

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Famous
Location KY
City/State/Country: Bardstown, KY, United States
Age of Players Youth
Text

"I had ever been devoted to athletic sports - riding on horseback . . . playing base-ball, bandy, foot-ball and all that - so I had confidence in my prowess."

-- Cassius Marcellus Clay, on his outdoor activities at St. Joseph College in Kentucky in about 1823.

Clay (b. 1810) attended Madison Seminary, St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, KY around 1823.

Sources

Cassius Marcellus Clay, The Life of Cassius Marcellus Clay; Memoirs, Writings and Speeches, Volume 1 (Brennan and Co., Cincinnati, 1886), page 35. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 31. 

Raised in Nelson Counrty

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Clay's book, which seems to make no other reference to ball-playing, was accessed 11/15/2008 via a Google Books search for <life of cassius>.

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