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|Coordinates=32.1656221, -82.9000751 | |Coordinates=32.1656221, -82.9000751 | ||
|State=GA | |State=GA | ||
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|Game=Town Ball | |Game=Town Ball | ||
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|Age of Players=Youth, Adult | |Age of Players=Youth, Adult | ||
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|Text=<p>"Men as well as boys played the competitive games of 'Long Bullets' and 'Fives,' the latter played against a battery built by nailing planks to twenty-foot poles set to make the 'battery' at least fifty feet wide. The school boys played 'base,' 'bull-pen,' 'town ball' and 'shinny' too." </p> | |Text=<p>"Men as well as boys played the competitive games of 'Long Bullets' and 'Fives,' the latter played against a battery built by nailing planks to twenty-foot poles set to make the 'battery' at least fifty feet wide. The school boys played 'base,' 'bull-pen,' 'town ball' and 'shinny' too." </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Jessie Pearl Rice, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">J. L. M. Curry: Southerner, Statesman, and Educator</span> (King's Crown Press, New York, 1949), pages 6-7. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Base Ball</span>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), pages 31-32.</p> | |Sources=<p>Jessie Pearl Rice, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">J. L. M. Curry: Southerner, Statesman, and Educator</span> (King's Crown Press, New York, 1949), pages 6-7. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Base Ball</span>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), pages 31-32.</p> | ||
<p>The full text of the Rice biography is unavailable via Google Books as of 11/15/2008. </p> | <p>The full text of the Rice biography is unavailable via Google Books as of 11/15/2008. </p> | ||
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|Comment=<p>Long-bullets involved distance throwing, often along roadsides. Fives is a team game resembling one-wall hand-ball.</p> | |Comment=<p>Long-bullets involved distance throwing, often along roadsides. Fives is a team game resembling one-wall hand-ball.</p> | ||
<p>Curry's school was in Lincoln County GA, about 30 miles | <p>Curry's school was in Lincoln County GA, about 30 miles NW of Augusta.</p> | ||
|Query=<p>Team hand-ball? Really? Wasn't it usually a one-on-one game?</p> | |Query=<p>Team hand-ball? Really? Wasn't it usually a one-on-one game?</p> | ||
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|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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In GA, Men Played Fives, Schoolboys Played Base and Town Ball
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| Location | US SouthUS South |
| City/State/Country: | GA, United States |
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| Game | Town BallTown Ball |
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| Age of Players | Youth, AdultYouth, Adult |
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| Text | "Men as well as boys played the competitive games of 'Long Bullets' and 'Fives,' the latter played against a battery built by nailing planks to twenty-foot poles set to make the 'battery' at least fifty feet wide. The school boys played 'base,' 'bull-pen,' 'town ball' and 'shinny' too." |
| Sources | Jessie Pearl Rice, J. L. M. Curry: Southerner, Statesman, and Educator (King's Crown Press, New York, 1949), pages 6-7. 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), pages 31-32. The full text of the Rice biography is unavailable via Google Books as of 11/15/2008. |
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| Comment | Long-bullets involved distance throwing, often along roadsides. Fives is a team game resembling one-wall hand-ball. Curry's school was in Lincoln County GA, about 30 miles NW of Augusta. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Team hand-ball? Really? Wasn't it usually a one-on-one game? Edit with form to add a query |
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1830s.20 In GA, Men Played Fives, Schoolboys Played Base and Town Ball"
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