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{{Chronology Entry
|Headline=Kentucky Abolitionist Played Base-ball
|Year=1823
|Year=1823
|Year Suffix=c
|Year Suffix=c
|Year Number=9
|Headline=Kentucky Abolitionist Recalls Playing Base-ball
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Location=US South
|Tags=Famous,
|Text=<p>"I had ever been devoted to athletic sports - riding on horseback . . . playing base-ball, bandy, foot-ball and all that - so I had confidence in my prowess." C. Clay, <u>The Life of Cassius Marcellus Clay; Memoirs, Writings and Speeches</u>, Volume 1 (Brennan and Co., Cincinnati, 1886), page 35. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," <u>Base Ball</u>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 31. Clay was 13 years old and at a KY College in 1823.  His book, which makes no other reference to ball-playing, was accessed 11/15/2008 via a Google Books search for "life of cassius."</p>
|Location=Nelson County, Kentucky,
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=37.8393332, -84.2700179
|State=KY
|Age of Players=Youth
|Text=<p>"I had ever been devoted to athletic sports - riding on horseback . . . playing base-ball, bandy, foot-ball and all that - so I had confidence in my prowess."</p>
<p>-- Cassius Marcellus Clay, on his outdoor activities at St. Joseph College in Kentucky in about 1823.</p>
|Sources=<p>Cassius Marcellus Clay,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Life of Cassius Marcellus Clay; Memoirs, Writings and Speeches</span>, Volume 1 (Brennan and Co., Cincinnati, 1886), page 35. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games,"&nbsp;<em>Base Ball</em>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 31.&nbsp;</p>
|Comment=<p>Clay's book, which makes no other reference to ball-playing, was accessed 11/15/2008 via a Google Books search for &lt;life of cassius&gt;.</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=9
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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Kentucky Abolitionist Recalls Playing Base-ball

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Famous
Location Nelson County, Kentucky
City/State/Country: KY, United States
Age of Players Youth
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"I had ever been devoted to athletic sports - riding on horseback . . . playing base-ball, bandy, foot-ball and all that - so I had confidence in my prowess."

-- Cassius Marcellus Clay, on his outdoor activities at St. Joseph College in Kentucky in about 1823.

Sources

Cassius Marcellus Clay, The Life of Cassius Marcellus Clay; Memoirs, Writings and Speeches, Volume 1 (Brennan and Co., Cincinnati, 1886), page 35. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 31. 

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Clay's book, which makes no other reference to ball-playing, was accessed 11/15/2008 via a Google Books search for <life of cassius>.

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