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<p>-- Cassius Marcellus Clay, on his outdoor activities at St. Joseph College in Kentucky in about 1823.</p> | <p>-- Cassius Marcellus Clay, on his outdoor activities at St. Joseph College in Kentucky in about 1823.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Cassius Marcellus Clay, <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," <em>Base Ball</em>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 31. </p> | |Sources=<p>Cassius Marcellus Clay, <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," <em>Base Ball</em>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 31. </p> | ||
|Comment=<p>Clay's book, which | |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 <life of cassius>.</p> | ||
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Kentucky Abolitionist Recalls Playing Base-ball
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| 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. |
| 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. |
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