1850c.35
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U. of Michigan Alum Recalls Baseball, Wicket, Old-Cat Games
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | CollegeCollege |
| Location | MichiganMichigan |
| City/State/Country: | [[{{{Country}}}]] |
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| Game | Wicket, Base Ball, American Cricket, Old-Cat GamesWicket, Base Ball, American Cricket, Old-Cat Games |
| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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| Text | A member of the class of 1849 recalls college life: "Athletics were not regularly organized, nor had we any gymnasium. We played base-ball, wicket ball, two-old-cat, etc., but there was not foot-ball." "Cricket was undoubtedly the first sport to be organized in the University, as the Palladium for 1860-61 gives the names of eight officers and twenty-five members of the "Pioneer Cricket Club," while the Regents' Report for June, 1865, shows an appropriation of $50 for a cricket ground on the campus." The college history later explains: "The game of wicket, which was a modification of cricket, was played with a soft ball five to seven inches in diameter, and with two wickets (mere laths or light boards) laid upon posts about four inches high and some forty feet apart. The 'outs' tried to bowl them down, and the 'ins' to defend them with curved broad-ended bats. It was necessary to run between the wickets at each strike."
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| Sources | Wilfred Shaw, The University of Michigan (Harcourt Brace, New York, 1920), pp 234-235. Accessed 2/10/10 via Google Books search ("wilfred shaw" michigan). |
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| Comment | The dates of wicket play are not given. Edit with form to add a comment |
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1850c.35 U. of Michigan Alum Recalls Baseball, Wicket, Old-Cat Games"
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