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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1852
|Year=1852
|Year Suffix=
|Year Number=12
|Year Number=12
|Headline=Ball-playing Prohibited Near UNC Buildings
|Headline=Ball-playing Prohibited Near UNC Buildings
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Tags=Bans, College,  
|Tags=Bans, College,  
|Location=
|Country=United States
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=35.8509698, -78.70299009999997
|Coordinates=35.7795897, -78.6381787
|State=NC
|State=NC
|City=Raleigh
|City=Raleigh
|Modern Address=5222 Grinnell St
|Modern Address=
|Game=
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Youth
|Age of Players=Youth
|Holiday=
|Notables=
|Text=<p>"There shall be no ball playing in or among the College buildings or against the walls.&nbsp; All athletic exercises must be kept at a distance, so as to prevent damage to the buildings and interruption&nbsp;to study."&nbsp;</p>
|Text=<p>"There shall be no ball playing in or among the College buildings or against the walls.&nbsp; All athletic exercises must be kept at a distance, so as to prevent damage to the buildings and interruption&nbsp;to study."&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of&nbsp;the Trustees for the Organization and Government of he University of North Carolina</span> (Raleigh, NC; North Carolina Institution for the Dumb and the Blind, 1852), page 21.&nbsp;Per <em>Originals</em>, volume 5, number 5 (May 2012), page 2b</p>
|Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of&nbsp;the Trustees for the Organization and Government of the University of North Carolina</span> (Raleigh, NC; North Carolina Institution for the Dumb and the Blind, 1852), page 21.&nbsp;Per <em>Originals</em>, volume 5, number 5 (May 2012), page 2b</p>
|Warning=
|Comment=<p>Tom Altherr suggests that "The ordinance certainly prohibited handball games, such as fives, but it could have as easily targeted base ball-type games."</p>
|Comment=<p>Tom Altherr suggests that "The ordinance certainly prohibited handball games, such as fives, but it could have as easily targeted base ball-type games."</p>
<p>This same rule appears in the printed 1829 rules for UNC. [ba]</p>
|Query=
|Source Image=
|External Number=
|Submitted by=Tom Altherr
|Submitted by=Tom Altherr
|Submission Note=
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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Ball-playing Prohibited Near UNC Buildings

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Bans, College
City/State/Country: Raleigh, NC, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Youth
Text

"There shall be no ball playing in or among the College buildings or against the walls.  All athletic exercises must be kept at a distance, so as to prevent damage to the buildings and interruption to study." 

Sources

Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees for the Organization and Government of the University of North Carolina (Raleigh, NC; North Carolina Institution for the Dumb and the Blind, 1852), page 21. Per Originals, volume 5, number 5 (May 2012), page 2b

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Tom Altherr suggests that "The ordinance certainly prohibited handball games, such as fives, but it could have as easily targeted base ball-type games."

This same rule appears in the printed 1829 rules for UNC. [ba]

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