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|Headline=Union General Joseph Hooker Plays Baseball as a Boy | |Headline=Union General Joseph Hooker Plays Baseball as a Boy | ||
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|Text=<p>Hooker is recalled as having been enthusiastic about baseball in about 1830. [Note: Hooker was about 16 then.] "[H]e enjoyed and was active in all boyish sorts. At baseball, then a very different game from now [1895], he was very expert; catching was his forte. He would take a ball from almost in front of the bat, so eager, active, and dexterous were his movements."</p> | |Text=<p>Hooker is recalled as having been enthusiastic about baseball in about 1830. [Note: Hooker was about 16 then.] "[H]e enjoyed and was active in all boyish sorts. At baseball, then a very different game from now [1895], he was very expert; catching was his forte. He would take a ball from almost in front of the bat, so eager, active, and dexterous were his movements."</p> | ||
<p>Franklin Bonney, "Memoir of Joseph Hooker," <u>Springfield</u> <u>Republican</u>, May 8 1895. From Henderson text at pp. 147-148.</p> | <p>Franklin Bonney, "Memoir of Joseph Hooker," <u>Springfield</u> <u>Republican</u>, May 8 1895. From Henderson text at pp. 147-148.</p> | ||
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| Text | Hooker is recalled as having been enthusiastic about baseball in about 1830. [Note: Hooker was about 16 then.] "[H]e enjoyed and was active in all boyish sorts. At baseball, then a very different game from now [1895], he was very expert; catching was his forte. He would take a ball from almost in front of the bat, so eager, active, and dexterous were his movements." Franklin Bonney, "Memoir of Joseph Hooker," Springfield Republican, May 8 1895. From Henderson text at pp. 147-148. |
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