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"Struck a Ball Over the (163-foot) Weather-cock" in New York
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Location | |
City/State/Country: | New York, NY, US |
Modern Address | |
Game | UnknownUnknown |
Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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Text | |
Sources | American Weekly Mercury, Philadelphia, July 6, 1732, page 3, column 2; from a series of paragraphs/sentences datelined *New-York, July 3. The preceding paragraph had begun "On Friday last." |
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Comment | Protoball doesn't know of other early references to pop-fly hitting. Edit with form to add a comment |
Query | Is it fair to assume that the gentleman used a bat to propel the ball? Are such feats known in England? Is a 160-foot weather-vane plausible? That's well over 10 stories, no? Edit with form to add a query |
Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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Submitted by | George Thompson |
Submission Note | 19CBB posting, 9/24/2015. |
Has Supplemental Text | Yes |
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