1854.18
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Bass Ball and Truth-telling
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | FictionFiction |
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| City/State/Country: | United States |
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| Game | Bass BallBass Ball |
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| Age of Players | JuvenileJuvenile |
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| Text | "Tucked away in the 1854 Youth's Casket was a . . . moralistic tale centered on lying . . . ." Three lads play "game of bass" with a new bat and ball, and one of them hits the ball so hard it breaks a school window. . . . One of them is punished for lying to cover up his mate's act. |
| Sources | "Hiding One's Faults," in The Youth's Casket; An Illustrated Magazine for the Young (E. F. Beadle, Buffalo, 1854), pages 151-152. Cited in Tom Altherr, "Another Base Ball Reference," Originals, volume 4, number 12 (December 2011), page 2.
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| Submitted by | Tom Altherr |
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1854.18 Bass Ball and Truth-telling"
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