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|Year Number=36 | |Year Number=36 | ||
|Headline=Schoolboy Ballgame Variants Described | |Headline=Schoolboy Ballgame Variants Described North of NYC | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Pre-modern Rules, | |Tags=Pre-modern Rules, | ||
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|City=Nyack | |City=Nyack | ||
|Age of Players=Juvenile | |Age of Players=Juvenile | ||
|Text= | |Text=<p>"BALL PLAYING.</p> | ||
<p>"BALL PLAYING.</p> | |||
<p>"A game at ball is a very nice play. The boys have a bat. and<br />they hit the ball with it and knock it away. Sometimes the boys miss the<br />ball, and then the catcher catches it, and they have to be out. Sometimes<br />they knock it over the fence, and then the boy that knocked it over has to<br />be out. There are two kinds of ball playing; the base ball and the cat and<br />dog ball. When the boys play cat and dog ball, they have two bats and four<br />boys. Two of the boys take the bats, and the other two throw the ball from<br />one to the other past the boys who have the bats, at the same time one<br />throws the other tries to catch him out."</p> | <p>"A game at ball is a very nice play. The boys have a bat. and<br />they hit the ball with it and knock it away. Sometimes the boys miss the<br />ball, and then the catcher catches it, and they have to be out. Sometimes<br />they knock it over the fence, and then the boy that knocked it over has to<br />be out. There are two kinds of ball playing; the base ball and the cat and<br />dog ball. When the boys play cat and dog ball, they have two bats and four<br />boys. Two of the boys take the bats, and the other two throw the ball from<br />one to the other past the boys who have the bats, at the same time one<br />throws the other tries to catch him out."</p> | ||
<p>Nyack, Dec, 1856. T.—<br />Dis 4.</p> | <p>Nyack, Dec, 1856. T.—<br />Dis 4.</p> | ||
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<p>Report of District School No. 4. Orangetown Nyack. Principal<br />Department, for week ending December 19, 1856")</p> | <p>Report of District School No. 4. Orangetown Nyack. Principal<br />Department, for week ending December 19, 1856")</p> | ||
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|Comment=<p>Nyack NY (1870 population about 3500) is about 25 miles north of New York City, just north of the Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River.</p> | |||
|Query=<p>The schoolboy author's name wasn't published?</p> | |Query=<p>The schoolboy author's name wasn't published?</p> | ||
|Submitted by=George Thompson | |Submitted by=George Thompson | ||
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| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules |
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| City/State/Country: | Nyack, NY, United States |
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| Age of Players | JuvenileJuvenile |
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| Text | "BALL PLAYING. "A game at ball is a very nice play. The boys have a bat. and Nyack, Dec, 1856. T.—
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| Sources | Rockland County Journal (Nyack, N. Y.), December 27, 1856 ("An essay by a school boy on base ball & "cat & dog ball". Report of District School No. 4. Orangetown Nyack. Principal
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| Comment | Nyack NY (1870 population about 3500) is about 25 miles north of New York City, just north of the Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | The schoolboy author's name wasn't published? Edit with form to add a query |
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| Submitted by | George Thompson |
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1856.36 Schoolboy Ballgame Variants Described North of NYC"
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school ball in Nyack, 1856
Sun Jul 29, 2018 12:30 pm (PDT) . Posted by: "George Thompson"
School information:
Rufus Corbin
Matilda S. Cooper. Teachers.
Scholars enrolled, 72
Average Attendance, 51