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|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= | |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." | |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, <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," <em>Base Ball</em>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 31. </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 <life of cassius>.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Text | "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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