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{{Chronology Entry
|Headline=Wicket Ball in Buffalo NY
|Year=1830
|Year=1830
|Year Suffix=s
|Year Suffix=s
|Is in main chronology=yes
|Year Number=12
|Headline=Watching Wicket Ball in Buffalo NY
|Salience=2
|Tags=Equipment,
|Location=Western New York
|Location=Western New York
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=42.88644679999999, -78.8783689
|State=NY
|City=Buffalo
|Game=Wicket
|Game=Wicket
|Text=<p>"[The Indians] would lounge on the steps of the 'Old First Church,' where they could look at our young men playing wicket ball in from of the church: (no fences there then), and this was a favorite ball ground."</p>
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective
<p>Samuel M. Welch, <u>Home History: Recollections of Buffalo During the Decade from 1830 to 1840, or Fifty Years Since</u> [P. Paul and bro., Buffalo, 1890], page 112. Submitted by John Thorn 9/13/2006.</p>
|Age of Players=Youth
|Holiday=Sabbath
|Text=<p>"[The Indians] would lounge on the steps of the 'Old First Church,' where they could look at our young men playing wicket ball in front of the church (no fences there then):, and this was a favorite ball ground."</p>
<p>" . . . the boys, who must always have their fun, did not always 'Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy,' but would make a holiday of it by a vigorous game of ball, in some secluded spot in the suburbs of he town . . . "&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>Samuel M. Welch,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Home History: Recollections of Buffalo During the Decade from 1830 to 1840, or Fifty Years Since</span>&nbsp;[P. Paul and bro., Buffalo, 1890], pages 112 and 220. Submitted by John Thorn 9/13/2006. Also see&nbsp;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 38.</p>
|Query=<p>Are these Welch's own recollections?&nbsp;</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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Salience Noteworthy
Tags Equipment
Location Western New York
City/State/Country: Buffalo, NY, United States
Game Wicket
Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Youth
Holiday Sabbath
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"[The Indians] would lounge on the steps of the 'Old First Church,' where they could look at our young men playing wicket ball in front of the church (no fences there then):, and this was a favorite ball ground."

" . . . the boys, who must always have their fun, did not always 'Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy,' but would make a holiday of it by a vigorous game of ball, in some secluded spot in the suburbs of he town . . . " 

 

Sources

Samuel M. Welch, Home History: Recollections of Buffalo During the Decade from 1830 to 1840, or Fifty Years Since [P. Paul and bro., Buffalo, 1890], pages 112 and 220. Submitted by John Thorn 9/13/2006. Also see 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 38.

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