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NY Man: "We Used to Say Come Let Us Play Ball or Base Ball"
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Text | Andrew Peck writes: "We used to say them come let us play Ball or Base Ball . . . . I used to play it at school from 1845-1850 [Peck was about 9 in 1845]. We used more of a flat bat and solid rubber ball. The balls we made ourselves [from strips of rubber overshoes - ed.] . . . . I forget now as to many points of the game, but I do remember that we used to run bases, and the opposite side to ours would try to get the ball, and you would have to be hit with it before out while running your base to get home." John Thorn, email of 2/10/2008, reports that Peck attened school in "upper NY State.
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Sources | Letter from Andrew Peck, Canada Lake, NY, to the Mills Commission, September 1, 1907. |
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