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|Headline="Base" and Cricket Listed in Book of US Pastimes | |Headline="Base" and Cricket Listed in Book of US Pastimes | ||
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|Game=Cricket | |Game=Cricket | ||
|Text=<p>Horatio Smith, <u>Festivals, Games and Amusements, Ancient and Modern</u> [New York, Harper], p 330. Per Henderson ref 146. David Block notes that its comment, "The games and amusements of New England are similar to other sections of the United States. The young men are expert in a variety of games at ball - such as cricket, base, cat, football, trap ball . . . ," is the first known book reference to the play of "base" ball in the US. [David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, page 193-194.]</p> | |Text=<p>Horatio Smith, <u>Festivals, Games and Amusements, Ancient and Modern</u> [New York, Harper], p 330. Per Henderson ref 146. David Block notes that its comment, "The games and amusements of New England are similar to other sections of the United States. The young men are expert in a variety of games at ball - such as cricket, base, cat, football, trap ball . . . ," is the first known book reference to the play of "base" ball in the US. [David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, page 193-194.]</p> | ||
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Text | Horatio Smith, Festivals, Games and Amusements, Ancient and Modern [New York, Harper], p 330. Per Henderson ref 146. David Block notes that its comment, "The games and amusements of New England are similar to other sections of the United States. The young men are expert in a variety of games at ball - such as cricket, base, cat, football, trap ball . . . ," is the first known book reference to the play of "base" ball in the US. [David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 193-194.] |
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