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{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1811
|Year Number=1
|Headline=Book Printed in Philadelphia Gives Details of Trap Ball in England
|Headline=Book Printed in Philadelphia Gives Details of Trap Ball in England
|Year=1811
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Text=<p><u>The Book of Games; Or, a History of the Juvenile Sports Practiced at Kingston Academy</u>[Johnson and Warner, Philadelphia, 1811], pp. 15 - 20. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It,</u> ref # 63. This book appears to be a reprint of the 1805 London publication above.</p>
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Juvenile
|Text=<p>"A ringing endorsement of trap ball . . . the most detailed description pf [trap ball] in the period."&nbsp; - Tom Altherr</p>
|Sources=<p><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Book of Games; Or, a History of the Juvenile Sports Practiced at Kingston Academy</span> (</span>Johnson and Warner, Philadelphia, 1811), pp. 15 - 20. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block,&nbsp;<span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball before We Knew It</span>,</span>&nbsp;page 243 and ref #64.&nbsp;</p>
|Comment=<p>Altherr explains that Kingston Academy is British.</p>
<p>This book appears to be a reprint of the 1805 London publication above.</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=1
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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Book Printed in Philadelphia Gives Details of Trap Ball in England

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Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Juvenile
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"A ringing endorsement of trap ball . . . the most detailed description pf [trap ball] in the period."  - Tom Altherr

Sources

The Book of Games; Or, a History of the Juvenile Sports Practiced at Kingston Academy (Johnson and Warner, Philadelphia, 1811), pp. 15 - 20. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, page 243 and ref #64. 

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Altherr explains that Kingston Academy is British.

This book appears to be a reprint of the 1805 London publication above.

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