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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1860
|Year=1860
|Year Suffix=
|Year Number=6
|Year Number=6
|Headline=Chadwick's Beadle's Appears, and the Baseball Literature is Launched
|Headline=Chadwick's Beadle's Appears, and the Baseball Literature is Launched
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|Location=Greater New York City,
|Location=Greater New York City,
|Country=United States
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=40.7127837, -74.0059413
|Coordinates=40.7127753, -74.0059728
|State=NY
|State=NY
|City=NYC
|City=NYC
|Game=Rounders, Base Ball, Massachusetts Game
|Modern Address=
|Game=Rounders,Base Ball,Massachusetts Game
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Holiday=
|Notables=
|Text=<p>&nbsp;The first annual baseball guide appears.&nbsp;It is emblematic, perhaps, of the transformation of base ball into a spectator sport. The 40-page guide includes rules for Knickerbocker ball, the new NABBP ("Association") rules, rules for the Massachusetts game, and for rounders. Chadwick includes a brief history of base ball, saying it is of "English origin" and "derived from rounders."</p>
|Text=<p>&nbsp;The first annual baseball guide appears.&nbsp;It is emblematic, perhaps, of the transformation of base ball into a spectator sport. The 40-page guide includes rules for Knickerbocker ball, the new NABBP ("Association") rules, rules for the Massachusetts game, and for rounders. Chadwick includes a brief history of base ball, saying it is of "English origin" and "derived from rounders."</p>
<p>Block observes: "For twenty-five years his pronouncements remained the accepted definition of the game's origins. Then the controversy erupted. First John Montgomery Ward and then Albert Spalding attacked Chadwick's theory. Ultimately, their jingoistic efforts saddled the nation with the Doubleday Myth."</p>
<p>Block observes: "For twenty-five years his pronouncements remained the accepted definition of the game's origins. Then the controversy erupted. First John Montgomery Ward and then Albert Spalding attacked Chadwick's theory. Ultimately, their jingoistic efforts saddled the nation with the Doubleday Myth."</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>Chadwick, Henry, Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player: A Compendium of the Game, Comprising Elementary Instructions of the American Game of Base Ball [New York, Irwin P. Beadle].</p>
|Sources=<p>Chadwick, Henry, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player: A Compendium of the Game, Comprising Elementary Instructions of the American Game of Base Ball</span> [New York, Irwin P. Beadle].</p>
<p>Per David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, (2005), page 221.</p>
<p>Per David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, (2005), page 221.</p>
<p>See also [[1861.47]].</p>
<p>See also [[1861.47]].</p>
|Warning=
|Comment=<p>Chadwick emigrated from western England, and is reported to have been familiar with rounders there.</p>
<p>His claim that American base ball had evolved from English rounders was long refuted by fans of the American game.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Query=<p>Is it possible that English rounders itself had evolved from English base ball as played in the eighteenth century?</p>
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|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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Chadwick's Beadle's Appears, and the Baseball Literature is Launched

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City/State/Country: NYC, NY, United States
Game Rounders, Base Ball, Massachusetts Game
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
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 The first annual baseball guide appears. It is emblematic, perhaps, of the transformation of base ball into a spectator sport. The 40-page guide includes rules for Knickerbocker ball, the new NABBP ("Association") rules, rules for the Massachusetts game, and for rounders. Chadwick includes a brief history of base ball, saying it is of "English origin" and "derived from rounders."

Block observes: "For twenty-five years his pronouncements remained the accepted definition of the game's origins. Then the controversy erupted. First John Montgomery Ward and then Albert Spalding attacked Chadwick's theory. Ultimately, their jingoistic efforts saddled the nation with the Doubleday Myth."

 

Sources

Chadwick, Henry, Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player: A Compendium of the Game, Comprising Elementary Instructions of the American Game of Base Ball [New York, Irwin P. Beadle].

Per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, (2005), page 221.

See also 1861.47.

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Chadwick emigrated from western England, and is reported to have been familiar with rounders there.

His claim that American base ball had evolved from English rounders was long refuted by fans of the American game.

 

 

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