1807.3

Lost Poet Remembers College Ballplay, Maybe in Baltimore

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	CollegeCollege
Location	US SouthUS South
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Age of Players	YouthYouth
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Text	Garrett Barry wrote in his sentimental verse "On Leaving College:" "I'll fondly tract, with fancy's aid,/The spot where all our sports were made./ . . . The little train forever gay,/With joy obey'd the pleasing call,/And nimbly urged the flying ball."
Sources	Barry, Garrett, "On Leaving College," in Poems, on Several Occasions (Cole and Co., Baltimore, 1807), no page given: Citation from Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, see pages 240.
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Comment	2008 update: John Thorn [email of 2/3/2008] discovers that others have been unable to determine exactly who the poet was, as there were three people with the name Garrett Barry in that area at that time. One of the three, who died at thirty in 1810, attended St. Mary's College in Baltimore. Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Can we determine from biographical information where and when Barry attended college? Is it significant that Barry reprises the phrase "urge the flying ball," seen as a cricket phrase in Pope [see #1730.1] and Gray [#1747.1]? Did Barry live/play in MD? Edit with form to add a query
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Submission Note	David Block, Baseball before We Knew It.
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