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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1841 | |Year=1841 | ||
|Year Suffix= | |||
|Year Number=15 | |Year Number=15 | ||
|Headline=Base and Wicket in New Orleans? | |Headline=Base and Wicket in New Orleans? | ||
|Salience= | |Salience=3 | ||
|Location=US South | |Location=US South | ||
|Game=Wicket, | |Country= | ||
|Text=<p>"Who has not played 'barn ball' in boyhood, 'base' in his youth and 'wicket' in his adulthood?" < | |Coordinates=41.49932, -81.6943605 | ||
|State=OH | |||
|City=Cleveland? | |||
|Modern Address= | |||
|Game=Wicket,Base | |||
|Immediacy of Report= | |||
|Age of Players=Juvenile, Youth, Adult | |||
|Holiday= | |||
|Notables= | |||
|Text=<p>"Who has not played 'barn ball' in boyhood, 'base' in his youth and 'wicket' in his adulthood?"</p> | |||
<p><strong> </strong></p> | |||
|Sources=<p><em>New Orleans Picayune</em>, 1841. This cite is found in Tom Melville, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America</span> (Bowling Green State U Press, Bowling Green, 1998), page 6. He attributes it, apparently, to Dale Somers, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Rise of Sports in New Orleans</span> (LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1972), page 48.</p> | |||
|Warning=<p>It is not clear that this article reflects wicket play in New Orleans.</p> | |||
|Comment=<p><strong>Note:</strong> Melville is willing to identify the sport as the one that was played mostly in the CT-central and MA area . . . but it is conceivable that the writer intended to denote cricket instead? </p> | |||
<p>From Bruce Allardise, December 2021: The original article is in the<em> New Orleans Times Picayune</em>, May 31, 1841, which references a reminisce in a Cleveland OH newspaper article. [bsa]</p> | |||
|Query=<p>Do we have any other references to wicket in LA? Could the <em>Picayune </em>simply have copied an article from a distant newspaper.</p> | |||
<p>Can we learn how broadly barn ball was played n the US? In other nations?</p> | |||
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|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | |
| Location | US SouthUS South |
| City/State/Country: | Cleveland?, OH, [[]] |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Wicket, BaseWicket, Base |
| Immediacy of Report | |
| Age of Players | Juvenile, Youth, AdultJuvenile, Youth, Adult |
| Holiday | |
| Notables | |
| Text | "Who has not played 'barn ball' in boyhood, 'base' in his youth and 'wicket' in his adulthood?"
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| Sources | New Orleans Picayune, 1841. This cite is found in Tom Melville, The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America (Bowling Green State U Press, Bowling Green, 1998), page 6. He attributes it, apparently, to Dale Somers, The Rise of Sports in New Orleans (LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1972), page 48. |
| Warning | It is not clear that this article reflects wicket play in New Orleans. |
| Comment | Note: Melville is willing to identify the sport as the one that was played mostly in the CT-central and MA area . . . but it is conceivable that the writer intended to denote cricket instead? From Bruce Allardise, December 2021: The original article is in the New Orleans Times Picayune, May 31, 1841, which references a reminisce in a Cleveland OH newspaper article. [bsa] Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Do we have any other references to wicket in LA? Could the Picayune simply have copied an article from a distant newspaper. Can we learn how broadly barn ball was played n the US? In other nations? Edit with form to add a query |
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1841.15 Base and Wicket in New Orleans?"
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