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{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1855
|Year Number=9
|Headline=Whitman Puts "Good Game of Base-Ball" Among Favorite Americana
|Headline=Whitman Puts "Good Game of Base-Ball" Among Favorite Americana
|Year=1855
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Tags=Famous,
|Country=US
|State=NY
|Game=Base Ball
|Game=Base Ball
|Tags=Famous
|Notables=Walt Whitman
|Text=<p>Walt Whitman, <u>Leaves of Grass</u> [Brooklyn, Rome Bros], per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, page 216.  In a review of good American experiences, including "approaching Manhattan" and "under Niagara", Whitman puts this line: "Upon the race-course, or enjoying pic-nics or jigs or a good game of base-ball . . . "</p>
|Text=<p>In a review of good American experiences, including those "approaching Manhattan" and "under Niagara", Walt Whitman puts this line:</p>
<p>"Upon the race-course, or enjoying pic-nics or jigs or a good game of base-ball . . . "</p>
|Sources=<p>Walt Whitman, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Leaves of Grass</span> [Brooklyn, Rome Bros], 95 pages -- &nbsp;per David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, page 216.</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=9
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
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Whitman Puts "Good Game of Base-Ball" Among Favorite Americana

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Notables Walt Whitman
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In a review of good American experiences, including those "approaching Manhattan" and "under Niagara", Walt Whitman puts this line:

"Upon the race-course, or enjoying pic-nics or jigs or a good game of base-ball . . . "

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Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass [Brooklyn, Rome Bros], 95 pages --  per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 216.

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