Block:English Baseball in Bedfordshire on June 21 1904
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| Data | “Base-ball” was played as part of large garden party held in conjunction with the Ladies' Sewing Society associated with the Wesleyan Chapel of Grovebury, a neighborhood of Leighton Buzzard, a town in Bedfordshire. Newspaper coverage noted that “the tennis court was continually occupied by exponents of the popular summer game, whilst bowls and 'bumble puppy,' or 'tether ball' as it is sometimes called, each attracted their moiety of devotees. Tea was provided in the large games room behind the house, a tasty and satisfying meal being enjoyed by all, and at its conclusion an adjournment was made by the young folk to a field near by, where base-ball and other open air games made the hours pass all too swiftly.” |
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| Sources | Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette, June 21, 1904, p. 5 |
| Block Notes | American baseball is a possibility, although there is no previous evidence it being played at this type of social event in this era. |
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