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<p>Thomas C. Haliburton, <u>The Attache: or Sam Slick in England</u> [Bentley, London, 1844] no page cited, per William Humber, "Baseball and Canadian Identity," <i>College Quarterly</i> volume 8 Number 3 [Spring 2005] no page cited. Humber notes that this reference has been used to refute Nova Scotia's claim to be the birthplace of modern ice hockey ["hurly"]. Submitted by John Thorn, 3/30/2006. <b>Caveat:</b> "bass in the fields" may denote prisoner's base, not a ball game. <b>Note:</b> Understanding the author's intent here is complicated by the fact that he was Canadian, Sam Slick was an American character, and the novel is set in Britain. Is "bass" a ballgame, or was prisoner's base sometimes thought of as a "field game?"</p> | <p>Thomas C. Haliburton, <u>The Attache: or Sam Slick in England</u> [Bentley, London, 1844] no page cited, per William Humber, "Baseball and Canadian Identity," <i>College Quarterly</i> volume 8 Number 3 [Spring 2005] no page cited. Humber notes that this reference has been used to refute Nova Scotia's claim to be the birthplace of modern ice hockey ["hurly"]. Submitted by John Thorn, 3/30/2006. <b>Caveat:</b> "bass in the fields" may denote prisoner's base, not a ball game. <b>Note:</b> Understanding the author's intent here is complicated by the fact that he was Canadian, Sam Slick was an American character, and the novel is set in Britain. Is "bass" a ballgame, or was prisoner's base sometimes thought of as a "field game?"</p> | ||
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Novel Cites "the Game of Bass in the Fields"
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Text | "And you boys let out racin', yelpin,' hollerin,' and whoopin' like mad with pleasure, and the playground, and the game of bass in the fields, or hurly on the long pond on the ice, . . . " Thomas C. Haliburton, The Attache: or Sam Slick in England [Bentley, London, 1844] no page cited, per William Humber, "Baseball and Canadian Identity," College Quarterly volume 8 Number 3 [Spring 2005] no page cited. Humber notes that this reference has been used to refute Nova Scotia's claim to be the birthplace of modern ice hockey ["hurly"]. Submitted by John Thorn, 3/30/2006. Caveat: "bass in the fields" may denote prisoner's base, not a ball game. Note: Understanding the author's intent here is complicated by the fact that he was Canadian, Sam Slick was an American character, and the novel is set in Britain. Is "bass" a ballgame, or was prisoner's base sometimes thought of as a "field game?" |
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