Block:English Baseball in Derbyshire on October 6 1883
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| Data | "Base-ball" was cited in a newspaper discussion of the history of tennis: "Successive Kings, from Henry V down to the bluff Hal Tudor and the "Merry Monarch" made it [tennis] their favourite pastime, the two latter not being at all particular who occupied the opposite court so long as they were adepts. The game is known in France as 'paume' (being formerly played, like base-ball, with the palm of the hand instead of a racquet), and it was probably from our southeastern neighbors that we got our knowledge of it." |
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| Sources | Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald, Oct. 6, 1883, p. 8 |
| Block Notes | Of significance because it confirms that English baseball was played without a bat. |
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