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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1810 | |Year=1810 | ||
|Year Suffix=c | |Year Suffix=c | ||
|Year Number=1 | |||
|Headline="Poisoned Ball" Appears in French Book of Games | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Game= | |Location=France, | ||
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|Game=Poisoned Ball, | |||
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|Age of Players=Juvenile | |||
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|Text=<p>The rules for "Poisoned Ball" are described in a French book of boy's games: "In a court, or in a large square space, four points are marked: one for the home base, the others for bases which must be touched by the runners in succession, etc."</p> | |Text=<p>The rules for "Poisoned Ball" are described in a French book of boy's games: "In a court, or in a large square space, four points are marked: one for the home base, the others for bases which must be touched by the runners in succession, etc."</p> | ||
<p>< | <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">To See the Text</span></strong>: David Block carries a three-paragraph translation of text in Appendix 7, page 279, of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It.</span></p> | ||
<p> | <p>David notes that the French text does not say directly that a bat is used in this game; the palm may have been used to "repel" the ball.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Les Jeux des Jeunes Garcons</span> [Paris, c.1810]. Per Robert Henderson.<strong> Note:</strong> David Block's <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, at page 186-187, dates this book at 1815, some of the doubt perhaps arising from the fact that the earliest [undated?] extant copy is a fourth edition.</p> | |||
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|Comment=<p>We have one other reference to poisoned ball, from about three decades later. See item [[1850c.8]].</p> | |||
|Query=<p>This game has similarity to base ball; could a French-speaking digger take a few moments to sort out whether more is known about the rules, origins, and fate of the game?</p> | |||
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|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Location | FranceFrance |
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| Modern Address | |
| Game | Poisoned BallPoisoned Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | |
| Age of Players | JuvenileJuvenile |
| Holiday | |
| Notables | |
| Text | The rules for "Poisoned Ball" are described in a French book of boy's games: "In a court, or in a large square space, four points are marked: one for the home base, the others for bases which must be touched by the runners in succession, etc." To See the Text: David Block carries a three-paragraph translation of text in Appendix 7, page 279, of Baseball Before We Knew It. David notes that the French text does not say directly that a bat is used in this game; the palm may have been used to "repel" the ball. |
| Sources | Les Jeux des Jeunes Garcons [Paris, c.1810]. Per Robert Henderson. Note: David Block's Baseball Before We Knew It, at page 186-187, dates this book at 1815, some of the doubt perhaps arising from the fact that the earliest [undated?] extant copy is a fourth edition. |
| Warning | |
| Comment | We have one other reference to poisoned ball, from about three decades later. See item 1850c.8. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | This game has similarity to base ball; could a French-speaking digger take a few moments to sort out whether more is known about the rules, origins, and fate of the game? Edit with form to add a query |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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