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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1858 | |Year=1858 | ||
|Year Number=38 | |||
|Headline=Baseball Recommended for Brooklyn Schools-- Easier than Cricket | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Game=Cricket | |Location=Greater New York City, | ||
|Text=<p>". . . we think it would be an addition to every school, that would lead to great advantages to mental and bodily health, if each had a cricket or ball club attached to it. There are between 30 and 40 Base Ball Clubs and six Cricket Clubs on Long Island [Brooklyn counted as Long Island then] . . . . Base ball if the favorite game, as it is more simple in its rules, and a knowledge of it is more easily acquired. | |Country=United States | ||
|State=NY | |||
|City=Brooklyn | |||
|Game=Cricket, Base Ball | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Juvenile | |||
|Text=<p>". . . we think it would be an addition to every school, that would lead to great advantages to mental and bodily health, if each had a cricket or ball club attached to it. There are between 30 and 40 Base Ball Clubs and six Cricket Clubs on Long Island [Brooklyn counted as Long Island then] . . . . Base ball if the favorite game, as it is more simple in its rules, and a knowledge of it is more easily acquired. Cricket is the most scientific of the two and requires more skill and judgement in the use of the bat, especially, than base.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p> "The Ball Season of 1858," <span>Brooklyn Eagle</span>, March 22, 1858; reprinted in <span>Spirit of the Times</span>, Volume 28, number 7 (Saturday, March 27, 1858), page 78, column 2</p> | |||
|Submitted by=Craig Waff | |||
|Submission Note=September 2008 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
|Coordinates=40.6781784, -73.9441579 | |||
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Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
City/State/Country: | Brooklyn, NY, United States |
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Text | ". . . we think it would be an addition to every school, that would lead to great advantages to mental and bodily health, if each had a cricket or ball club attached to it. There are between 30 and 40 Base Ball Clubs and six Cricket Clubs on Long Island [Brooklyn counted as Long Island then] . . . . Base ball if the favorite game, as it is more simple in its rules, and a knowledge of it is more easily acquired. Cricket is the most scientific of the two and requires more skill and judgement in the use of the bat, especially, than base. |
Sources | "The Ball Season of 1858," Brooklyn Eagle, March 22, 1858; reprinted in Spirit of the Times, Volume 28, number 7 (Saturday, March 27, 1858), page 78, column 2 |
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Submitted by | Craig Waff |
Submission Note | September 2008 |
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