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|Year=1796 | |||
|Year Number=2 | |||
|Headline=Williams College Student Notes Ballplaying in Winter Months | |Headline=Williams College Student Notes Ballplaying in Winter Months | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=College, Holidays, | |||
|Location=New England | |Location=New England | ||
| | |Country=United States | ||
| | |Coordinates=42.7120196, -73.2036898 | ||
|State=MA | |||
|City=Williamstown | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Text=<p>A Williams College student's diary begun in 1976 (when he was 19) and continued for several years, includes a half dozen references to playing ball, but they do not describe the nature of the game. His first such entry, from April 22, 1796, is "I exercise considerable, playing ball." </p> | |||
|Sources=<p>Tarbox, Increase N., <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Diary of Thomas Robbins, D. D. 1796 - 1854</span> [Beacon Press, Boston, 1886], volume 1, pp. 8, 29, 32, 106, and 128. Per Thomas L. Altherr,<em> "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball,"</em> reprinted in David Block, <span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>,</span> ref # 54. The college is in Williamstown MA.</p> | |||
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| City/State/Country: | Williamstown, MA, United States |
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| Text | A Williams College student's diary begun in 1976 (when he was 19) and continued for several years, includes a half dozen references to playing ball, but they do not describe the nature of the game. His first such entry, from April 22, 1796, is "I exercise considerable, playing ball." |
| Sources | Tarbox, Increase N., Diary of Thomas Robbins, D. D. 1796 - 1854 [Beacon Press, Boston, 1886], volume 1, pp. 8, 29, 32, 106, and 128. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, ref # 54. The college is in Williamstown MA. |
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