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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1838 | |Year=1838 | ||
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|Year Number=5 | |||
|Headline=In Georgia, "Baseball and Cricket Had Not Evolved" | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Location= | |Tags=College, US cricket clubs, | ||
|Location=United States | |||
|Country= | |||
|Coordinates=32.1656221, -82.9000751 | |||
|State=GA | |||
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|Modern Address= | |||
|Game=Cricket | |Game=Cricket | ||
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|Text=<p>"Games and gymnasiums as a regular part of college work, and hence regular organizations of students for athletics, were unknown at that time. | |Holiday= | ||
<p>LeConte, Joseph. < | |Notables= | ||
|Text=<p>"Games and gymnasiums as a regular part of college work, and hence regular organizations of students for athletics, were unknown at that time. Athletics and games there were indeed a plenty, but as purely spontaneous expressions of abounding vitality. I was light, active, and fleet of foot, and became very expert in gymnastics and as a player of town-ball, for baseball and cricket had not yet evolved." [LeConte writes of his college years at the University of Georgia in Athens. He entered as a freshman in January 1838.]</p> | |||
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|Sources=<p>LeConte, Joseph. <span>The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte</span> (D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1903), page 46. Provided by John Thorn, email of 7/9/04</p> | |||
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|Submitted by=John Thorn | |||
|Submission Note=Email of 7/9/2004 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
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In Georgia, "Baseball and Cricket Had Not Evolved"
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| Tags | College, US cricket clubsCollege, US cricket clubs |
| Location | United StatesUnited States |
| City/State/Country: | GA, [[]] |
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| Game | CricketCricket |
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| Text | "Games and gymnasiums as a regular part of college work, and hence regular organizations of students for athletics, were unknown at that time. Athletics and games there were indeed a plenty, but as purely spontaneous expressions of abounding vitality. I was light, active, and fleet of foot, and became very expert in gymnastics and as a player of town-ball, for baseball and cricket had not yet evolved." [LeConte writes of his college years at the University of Georgia in Athens. He entered as a freshman in January 1838.]
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| Sources | LeConte, Joseph. The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte (D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1903), page 46. Provided by John Thorn, email of 7/9/04 |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | John Thorn |
| Submission Note | Email of 7/9/2004 |
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1838.5 In Georgia, "Baseball and Cricket Had Not Evolved""
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