1870c.17

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Rutherford Hayes Sees Harm to Hearing in Ballplaying

Salience Peripheral
Tags Famous, Hazard
City/State/Country: United States
Game Baseball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Youth
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MY DEAR BOY -- I see by the Journal you are playing base-ball and that you play well.  I am pleased with this.  I like to have my boys enjoy and practice all athletic sports and games, especially riding, towing, hunting, and ball playing.  But I am a little afraid, from [what] Uncle says, that overexertion and excitement in playing baseball will injure your hearing.  Now, you are old enough to judge of this and to regulate your conduct accordingly.  If you find there is any injury you ought to resolve to play only for a limited time -- say an hour or an hour and a half on the same day. . . . We had General Sherman at our house Wednesday evening with a pleasant party."

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Cited in John Thorn, Our Game posting, February 2018, "Our Baseball Presidents."  

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