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Novel Cites "the Game of Bass in the Fields"
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Tags | FictionFiction |
Location | CanadaCanada |
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Game | Bass BallBass Ball |
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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. |
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Comment | 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. Edit with form to add a comment |
Query | Is "bass" a ballgame, or was prisoner's base sometimes thought of as a "field game?" Edit with form to add a query |
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