Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on June 21 1875
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| Data | “Base ball” was named in a newspaper story submitted by a London journalist visiting the British Army training base at Aldershot in Hampshire. The article delved into the daily routine of the militiamen who were bivouacked there, and lauded their high level of fitness. “They would achieve a march of twenty miles, if called upon, without difficulty; their litheness after a long drill tells you of their strength; they are ready to furbish their arms, boil their camp-kettle, or play at base-ball—a favourite game in camp—after they have been for two or three hours under arms and in constant movement, as though they had done nothing at all during the day, and play was their only employment.” |
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| Sources | Daily Telegraph (London), June 21, 1875 |
| Block Notes | Identifying baseball as a “favourite game” of the soldiers raises a question of whether this would be the original Engish game or the American version, although there are no specific indicators pointing to the latter. |
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