1840.38

Boston-Style "Bat and Ball" Seen in Honolulu HI

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Females, Pre-modern RulesFemales, Pre-modern Rules
Location
City/State/Country:	Honolulu, HI, United States
Modern Address
Game	Bat and BallBat and Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	YouthYouth
Holiday
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Text	"Sports in Honolulu. One evidence of the increasing civilization in this place, and not the least gratifying, is to see the ardor with which the native youth of both sexes engage in the same old games which used to warm our blood not long since. There's good old bat and ball, just the same as when was ran from the school house to the 'Common' to exercise our skill that way; and then there is something which looks much like 'quorum,' and 'tag' too . . . ."
Sources	Polynesian, December 26, 1840. Posted to the 19CBB listserve by George Thompson January 3, 2010. Accessed via subscription search May 4, 2009. George sees the column as likely written by the newspaper's editor, James Jarves, who was born in Boston in 1818.
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Submitted by	George Thompson
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