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|Headline=Young Diarist Goes to "Play at Base Ball" in Surrey | |Headline=Young Diarist Goes to "Play at Base Ball" in Surrey | ||
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|Sources=<p>The story of this 2006 find is told in Block, David, "The Story of William Bray's Diary," <em>Base Ball,</em> volume , no. 2 (Fall 2007), pp. 5-11.</p> | |Sources=<p>The story of this 2006 find is told in Block, David, "The Story of William Bray's Diary," <em>Base Ball,</em> volume , no. 2 (Fall 2007), pp. 5-11.</p> | ||
<p>See also John Thorn's blog entry at <a href="http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2013/09/05/the-story-of-william-brays-diary/">http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2013/09/05/the-story-of-william-brays-diary/</a>.</p> | <p>See also John Thorn's blog entry at <a href="http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2013/09/05/the-story-of-william-brays-diary/">http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2013/09/05/the-story-of-william-brays-diary/</a>.</p> | ||
<p>see also [[Sam_Marchiano_and_the_1755_Bray_Diary_Find]] for an interview with film-maker Sam Marciano, whose documentary <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball | <p>see also [[Sam_Marchiano_and_the_1755_Bray_Diary_Find]] for an interview with film-maker Sam Marciano, whose documentary <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Discovered </span>led to this new find in 2005.</p> | ||
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|Comment=<p>Block points out that this diary entry is (as of 2008) among the first four appearances of the term "base ball," [see #1744.2 and #1748.1 above, and #1755.4 below]. It shows adult and mixed-gender play, and indicates that "at this time, baseball was more of a social phenomenon than a sporting one. . . . played for social entertainment rather than serious entertainment." [Ibid, page 9.]</p> | |Comment=<p>Block points out that this diary entry is (as of 2008) among the first four appearances of the term "base ball," [see #1744.2 and #1748.1 above, and #1755.4 below]. It shows adult and mixed-gender play, and indicates that "at this time, baseball was more of a social phenomenon than a sporting one. . . . played for social entertainment rather than serious entertainment." [Ibid, page 9.]</p> | ||
<p>William Bray is well known as a diarist and local historian in Surrey. His diary, in manuscript, came to light in England during the 2008 filming of Ms Sam Marchiano's award-winning documentary, "Base Ball Discovered."</p> | <p>William Bray is well known as a diarist and local historian in Surrey. His diary, in manuscript, came to light in England during the 2008 filming of Ms Sam Marchiano's award-winning documentary, "Base Ball Discovered." (As of late 2020, ITunes lists this documentary at https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/base-ball-discovered/id385353782. Its charge is $10.)</p> | ||
<p>As of 2019 the diary was missing again -- Block tells the sad story in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pastime Lost</span> (U Nebraska Press, 2019), p. 37.</p> | <p>As of 2019 the diary was missing again -- Block tells the sad story in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pastime Lost</span> (U Nebraska Press, 2019), p. 37.</p> | ||
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| City/State/Country: | Surrey, England |
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| Text | On the day after Easter in 1755, 18-year-old William Bray recorded the following entry in his diary: "After Dinner Went to Miss Seale's to play at Base Ball, with her, the 3 Miss Whiteheads, Miss Billinghurst, Miss Molly Flutter, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Ford, H. Parsons & Jolly. Drank tea and stayed till 8."
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| Sources | The story of this 2006 find is told in Block, David, "The Story of William Bray's Diary," Base Ball, volume , no. 2 (Fall 2007), pp. 5-11. See also John Thorn's blog entry at http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2013/09/05/the-story-of-william-brays-diary/. see also Sam_Marchiano_and_the_1755_Bray_Diary_Find for an interview with film-maker Sam Marciano, whose documentary Baseball Discovered led to this new find in 2005. |
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| Comment | Block points out that this diary entry is (as of 2008) among the first four appearances of the term "base ball," [see #1744.2 and #1748.1 above, and #1755.4 below]. It shows adult and mixed-gender play, and indicates that "at this time, baseball was more of a social phenomenon than a sporting one. . . . played for social entertainment rather than serious entertainment." [Ibid, page 9.] William Bray is well known as a diarist and local historian in Surrey. His diary, in manuscript, came to light in England during the 2008 filming of Ms Sam Marchiano's award-winning documentary, "Base Ball Discovered." (As of late 2020, ITunes lists this documentary at https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/base-ball-discovered/id385353782. Its charge is $10.) As of 2019 the diary was missing again -- Block tells the sad story in Pastime Lost (U Nebraska Press, 2019), p. 37.
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