Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on December 5 1889
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| Data | “Base balling” was mentioned in a heated letter to the editor of a newspaper on the Isle of Wight defending the town of Ryde and its pier when compared to the facilities in the town of Cowes. In the midst of the correspondent's argument, he wrote: “We are urging our point when we contend that the Y.M.C.A. should come out of their shell and formulate athletics, foot and base balling, rackets and cricketing.” |
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| Sources | Isle of Wight Times, Dec. 5, 1889, p. 4 |
| Block Notes | It is not at all clear that the writer had English baseball in mind, but the game had a history on the island the American game had no documented history there at such an early date. |
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