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|Location=England ...either. Bunyan's own eldest son, John, though apparently properly flogged in childhood, was by 1680 mixing with bad company (including another son of a

...takes place at a base he is actually on the spot, and is almost infallible in decisions at that place of most contention, second base. There is actually ...pires of the Association, and the officials of that body are acting wisely in the step they have taken. All the clubs should, and doubtless will, sign t

|Title=minor leagues in the new National Agreement ...and talent in the base ball business, will weigh the question well and act in a manner conducive to the welfare of all—big and little. The Sporting Li

...modern baseball. For a description of a typical contest, which took place in 1853, we are indebted to Dr. William A. Mowry:"</p> ..., but nearer the center of the square. The batter stood midway between the first and fourth base, and the catcher just behind the batter, as near or as far

|Text=<p>Reacting to Puritans' denunciations of Sabbath recreations, James I in 1617 listed a large number of permitted Sunday activities -including no bal ...ear-baiting, interludes, and bowls:" Keightley, Thomas, <u>The History of England</u>, volume II (Whittaker and Co., London, 1839), page 321. One chruchman

...ayers now under reservation in case they withdrew from the Central and New England leagues and formed a new association of their own. They were assured by bo

|Title=English Baseball in Kent on November 25 1892 ...ed to a diary kept by the young Edward VI: “...he recorded his experiences in a curiously methodical journal, where he entered with equally matter of fac

|Location=New England ...nds of the bowler. But the bowler to get the batter out must with the ball in his hand knock the wicket outwards before the batter could strike his bat o

|Sources=<p>"The Grinding Organ," in&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ladies Magazine</span>&nbsp; ...that writer is likely depicting New England practices. If the "father" was in his thirties [pure conjecture] he is here reflecting on bat and ball play f

|Country=England ...every leisure hour of a fine summer's evening better, or perhaps so well, in any other way.&rdquo; Mr. Badcock went on to argue that the lord of the man

...e ball used was a soft one, and difficulty was experienced in seeing it at first. As the game continued the light was made better, and the result was a ver ...Institute managers for a practice game of base ball on the asphalt surface in the fair building. Last week the hanging band stand, which now depends fro

<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In a letter written from Harvard College dated March 30, 1729 to Nicholas Gilm ...ord K. Shipton, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New England Life in the Eighteenth Century</span> (Harvard University Press, 1995), p. 287.&nbs

...r, holding a ball, gives a signal, and the others run to place their stick in the next adjacent hole before a ball enters it, or he will become the throw ...the ball, or Cat, first put into the hole.&nbsp; When the Cat&nbsp;<em>is in the hole,</em> it is against the laws of the game to put the ball into it -

|Country=England ...ized in <em>The Lady's Magazine</em>&nbsp;in the late 1820's, contains the first comprehensive prose description of a cricket match."&nbsp;</p>

|Country=England <p>[In a Dickens short story, a traveler meets a handsome youth, and they spend ti

...e dollars ($125) per month as the compensation of each player so reserved, in the contract to be made with him for the ensuing season. The secretary of ...for this reserve, which is not a new thing for the International. It was in force last year. The Sporting Life October 5, 1887</p>

|Location=England ...hour, and the team with the highest score wins; unless the scores are tied in which case it&rsquo;s a draw.</p>

<p>The Boston Journal, March 10, 1868, reports on a meeting of the New England Association of the National Base Ball players. The article mentions the Low |First in Location=Lynn, MA

...hits it away, all members of the out team must move to another stone. The in and out teams exchange places if a stone is hit by the thrower, the ball/st ...<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Traditional Games of&nbsp;England,&nbsp;Scotland, and&nbsp;Ireland</span>, Volume 2&nbsp;(New York: Dover [re

...a set of children&rsquo;s educational game cards typical of those popular in the early part of the nineteenth century, . . ."&nbsp;</span></p> ...actured bat. Significantly, the few other such known images all originated in books or pamphlets. The image presented here is the only example known to e