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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1786 | |||
|Year Number=1 | |||
|Headline="Baste Ball" Played at Princeton | |Headline="Baste Ball" Played at Princeton | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=College, Pre-Knicks NYC, | |||
|Game=Base Ball | |Game=Base Ball | ||
| | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Text=<p>"Baste Ball" is played by students on the campus of Princeton University in NJ. | |Age of Players=Youth | ||
<p> "A fine day, play baste ball in the campus but am beaten for I miss both catching and striking the ball."</p> | |Text=<p>"Baste Ball" is played by students on the campus of Princeton University in NJ. From a student's diary:</p> | ||
<p>Smith, John Rhea, March 22 1786, in "Journal at Nassau Hall," Princeton Library MSS, AM 12800. | <p>"A fine day, play baste ball in the campus but am beaten for I miss both catching and striking the ball."</p> | ||
<p>An article has appeared about Smith's journal. | <p> </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Smith, John Rhea, March 22 1786, in "Journal at Nassau Hall," Princeton Library MSS, AM 12800. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It,</span> ref # 44. Also found in Gerald S. Couzens, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Baseball Album</span> [Lippincott and Crowell, NY, 1980], page 15. Per Guschov, page 153.</p> | |||
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|Query=<p>An article has appeared about Smith's journal. See Woodward, Ruth, "Journal at Nassau Hall," PULC 46 (1985), pp. 269-291, and PULC 47 (1986), pp 48-70. <strong>Note:</strong> Does this article materially supplement our appreciation of Smith's brief comment?</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Text | "Baste Ball" is played by students on the campus of Princeton University in NJ. From a student's diary: "A fine day, play baste ball in the campus but am beaten for I miss both catching and striking the ball."
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| Sources | Smith, John Rhea, March 22 1786, in "Journal at Nassau Hall," Princeton Library MSS, AM 12800. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, ref # 44. Also found in Gerald S. Couzens, A Baseball Album [Lippincott and Crowell, NY, 1980], page 15. Per Guschov, page 153.
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| Query | An article has appeared about Smith's journal. See Woodward, Ruth, "Journal at Nassau Hall," PULC 46 (1985), pp. 269-291, and PULC 47 (1986), pp 48-70. Note: Does this article materially supplement our appreciation of Smith's brief comment? Edit with form to add a query |
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