1823c.9

Kentucky Abolitionist Recalls Playing Base-ball

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Location	KYKY
City/State/Country:	Bardstown, KY, United States
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Text	"I had ever been devoted to athletic sports - riding on horseback . . . playing base-ball, bandy, foot-ball and all that - so I had confidence in my prowess." -- Cassius Marcellus Clay, on his outdoor activities at St. Joseph College in Kentucky in about 1823. Clay (b. 1810) attended Madison Seminary, St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, KY around 1823.
Sources	Cassius Marcellus Clay, The Life of Cassius Marcellus Clay; Memoirs, Writings and Speeches, Volume 1 (Brennan and Co., Cincinnati, 1886), page 35. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 31. Raised in Nelson Counrty
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Comment	Clay's book, which seems to make no other reference to ball-playing, was accessed 11/15/2008 via a Google Books search for <life of cassius>. Edit with form to add a comment
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