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|Text=<p><u>Instruction and Amusement for the Young</u> [New Haven, S. Babcock], page 23, per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, page 205.  This chapbook has a wee drawing of ball play on the cover, and the poem "Papa's Advice to Herbert," which includes:  "When grandmamma calls,/ Give up bat and balls,/ And quickly your lessons begin."  Shades of John Bunyan!</p>
|Text=<p><u>Instruction and Amusement for the Young</u> [New Haven, S. Babcock], page 23, per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, page 205.  This chapbook has a wee drawing of ball play on the cover, and the poem "Papa's Advice to Herbert," which includes:  "When grandmamma calls,/ Give up bat and balls,/ And quickly your lessons begin."  Shades of John Bunyan!</p>
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Instruction and Amusement for the Young [New Haven, S. Babcock], page 23, per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 205. This chapbook has a wee drawing of ball play on the cover, and the poem "Papa's Advice to Herbert," which includes: "When grandmamma calls,/ Give up bat and balls,/ And quickly your lessons begin." Shades of John Bunyan!

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