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|Year=1810 | |||
|Year Suffix=c | |||
|Year Number=4 | |||
|Headline=Union College [Upstate NY] Students Play Baseball-Like Game | |Headline=Union College [Upstate NY] Students Play Baseball-Like Game | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=College | |Tags=College, | ||
|Text=<p>"Union | |Country=United States | ||
<p>Somers, Wayne, < | |Coordinates=42.8142432, -73.9395687 | ||
|State=NY | |||
|City=Schenectady | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective | |||
|Age of Players=Youth | |||
|Text=<p>"Between the college building and Green Street [in Schenectady] was a large [Union] College play-ground. Their principal game was somewhat of a rudimentary type of base-ball, a crooked stick was used as a bat and a ball made of yarn took the place of the common ball now used." </p> | |||
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|Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The [Union College]</span> Concordiensis, Volume VI, number 8 (May 1883). page 203.</p> | |||
<p>Cited as a game 'on the old West College playground' in Somers, Wayne, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Encyclopedia of Union College History</span> [Union College Press, Schenectady NY, 2003], page 89. </p> | |||
|Comment=<p>This item appears to be a reminiscence by the 90-year old William K. Fuller, who had entered Union at age 13 (c. 1806) and graduated in 1810.</p> | |||
|Submitted by=Denis Brennan | |||
|Submission Note=facsimile provided 1/30/2018 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Tags | CollegeCollege |
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| City/State/Country: | Schenectady, NY, United States |
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| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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| Text | "Between the college building and Green Street [in Schenectady] was a large [Union] College play-ground. Their principal game was somewhat of a rudimentary type of base-ball, a crooked stick was used as a bat and a ball made of yarn took the place of the common ball now used."
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| Sources | The [Union College] Concordiensis, Volume VI, number 8 (May 1883). page 203. Cited as a game 'on the old West College playground' in Somers, Wayne, Encyclopedia of Union College History [Union College Press, Schenectady NY, 2003], page 89. |
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| Comment | This item appears to be a reminiscence by the 90-year old William K. Fuller, who had entered Union at age 13 (c. 1806) and graduated in 1810. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Denis Brennan |
| Submission Note | facsimile provided 1/30/2018 |
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1810c.4 Union College [Upstate NY] Students Play Baseball-Like Game"
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