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Americans in London Play "A Game Called Ball," Seen as a "Novelty" By Locals
Salience | Prominent |
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Tags | Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules |
Location | LondonLondon |
City/State/Country: | London, England |
Modern Address | |
Game | BallBall |
Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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Text | "On Wednesday a match for 80 guineas, at a game called Ball. was played by Eight American Gentlemen, in a field on the side of the Commercial-road. The novelty of the game attracted the attention of the passing multitude, who departed highly gratified." |
Sources | Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser (London), June 23, 1809, page 2. See David Block, Pastime Lost: The Humble, Original, and Now Completely Forgotten Game of English Baseball (University of Nebraska Press, 2019), page 237. |
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Comment | Block adds: "Other games besides baseball, of course, could haave borne the label Ball on that occasion, but none seem obvious. Cricket, football, trsp-ball, stool-ball, golf, and various games in the hockey family ,including bandy, hurling, and shinty,all had a presence in the British Isles in that era, but there is no reason the passing multitude in London that day would have considered any of them a "novelty." Edit with form to add a comment |
Query | Does the sum of 80 guineas as the game's stakes imply anything about the players Edit with form to add a query |
Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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Submitted by | David Bliock |
Submission Note | Email of 8/24/2020 |
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