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|Game Family=Hook-em-snivy | |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy | ||
|Game Regions=US | |Game Regions=US | ||
|Game Eras=1700s | |Game Eras=1700s,Predecessor | ||
|Description=<p>Lieutenant Ebenezer Elmer of the 3rd New Jersey Regiment referred five times to playing whirl between September 16, 1776, and 1777. The nature of play is not described, but one note may be taken to mean it was a ball game.</p> | |Description=<p>Lieutenant Ebenezer Elmer of the 3rd New Jersey Regiment referred five times to playing whirl between September 16, 1776, and 1777. The nature of play is not described, but one note may be taken to mean it was a ball game.</p> | ||
<p>Numerous web searches have failed to turn up other clues about this game.</p> | <p>Numerous web searches have failed to turn up other clues about this game.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>For details, see http://greensleeves.typepad.com/berkshires/baseball/</p> | |Sources=<p>For details, see http://greensleeves.typepad.com/berkshires/baseball/</p> | ||
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Revision as of 08:43, 28 November 2012
| Game | Whirl |
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| Game Family | Hook-em-snivy |
| Location | |
| Regions | US |
| Eras | 1700s, Predecessor |
| Invented | |
| Tags | |
| Description | Lieutenant Ebenezer Elmer of the 3rd New Jersey Regiment referred five times to playing whirl between September 16, 1776, and 1777. The nature of play is not described, but one note may be taken to mean it was a ball game. Numerous web searches have failed to turn up other clues about this game. |
| Sources | For details, see http://greensleeves.typepad.com/berkshires/baseball/ |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Comment | Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Edit with form to add a query |
| Has Supplemental Text |
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