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|Year=1800 | |Year=1800 | ||
|Year Suffix=c | |Year Suffix=c | ||
|Salience= | |Year Number=1 | ||
|Text=<p>Cunningham, Frank H., < | |Headline=Sports at Exeter Academy include "Old-Fashioned 'Bat and Ball' . . . and Football" | ||
|Salience=1 | |||
|Location=Exeter Acadeny | |||
|Country=United States | |||
|Coordinates=42.9814292, -70.9477546 | |||
|State=NH | |||
|City=Exeter | |||
|Game=Bat-and-Ball, Football | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective | |||
|Age of Players=Youth | |||
|Text=<p>"At the turn of the century ball-playing at Exeter was commonplace, according to a historian of that school. 'The only games seem to have been old-fashioned 'bat and ball', which, in the spring, was played on the grounds of the Academy building, and football. The former differed widely from the modern game of base ball, which was introduced later. The old game had fewer rules, and was played with a soft leather ball.'" -- Tom Altherr</p> | |||
|Sources=<p>Cunningham, Frank H., <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Familiar Sketches of the Phillips Exeter Academy and Surroundings</span> (James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883), p. 281. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, <span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball before We Knew It;</span> see page 245 and </span>ref # 79.</p> | |||
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Location | Exeter AcadenyExeter Acadeny |
City/State/Country: | Exeter, NH, United States |
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Game | Bat-and-Ball, FootballBat-and-Ball, Football |
Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
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Text | "At the turn of the century ball-playing at Exeter was commonplace, according to a historian of that school. 'The only games seem to have been old-fashioned 'bat and ball', which, in the spring, was played on the grounds of the Academy building, and football. The former differed widely from the modern game of base ball, which was introduced later. The old game had fewer rules, and was played with a soft leather ball.'" -- Tom Altherr |
Sources | Cunningham, Frank H., Familiar Sketches of the Phillips Exeter Academy and Surroundings (James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883), p. 281. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It; see page 245 and ref # 79. |
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