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|Year=1820 | |Year=1820 | ||
|Year Suffix=s | |Year Suffix=s | ||
| | |Year Number=18 | ||
|Headline=Syracuse NY Ball Field Remembered as Base Ball Site | |||
|Salience=2 | |||
|Location=Western New York | |Location=Western New York | ||
|Game= | |Game=Bass Ball | ||
|Text=<p>David Block reports: | |Text=<p>David Block reports: "In the lengthy 'Editor's Table' section of this classic monthly magazine [<em>The Knickerbocker</em>], the editor described a nostalgic visit that he and two old school chums had taken to the academy that they had attended near Syracuse. 'We went out upon the once-familiar green, as if it were again 'play time', and called by name upon our old companions to come over once more and play <strong>'bass-ball.</strong>' But they answered not; they came not! The old forms and faces were gone; the once familiar voices were silent.'" </p> | ||
|Sources=<p> "Editor's Table," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Knickerbocker</span> (S. Hueston, New York, 1850), page 298. Contributed by David Block 2/27/2008.</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>The Editor, Lewis Gaylord Clark, was born in 1810, and attended the Onondaga Academy. He was thus apparently recalling ball-playing from sometime in the 1820s. Onondaga Academy was, evidently, about 3 miles SW of downtown Syracuse.</p> | |||
|Query=<p>Can we get better data on Clark's age while at the Academy?</p> | |||
|Submitted by=David Block | |||
|Submission Note=Email of 2/27/2008 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
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| Text | David Block reports: "In the lengthy 'Editor's Table' section of this classic monthly magazine [The Knickerbocker], the editor described a nostalgic visit that he and two old school chums had taken to the academy that they had attended near Syracuse. 'We went out upon the once-familiar green, as if it were again 'play time', and called by name upon our old companions to come over once more and play 'bass-ball.' But they answered not; they came not! The old forms and faces were gone; the once familiar voices were silent.'" |
| Sources | "Editor's Table," The Knickerbocker (S. Hueston, New York, 1850), page 298. Contributed by David Block 2/27/2008. |
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| Comment | The Editor, Lewis Gaylord Clark, was born in 1810, and attended the Onondaga Academy. He was thus apparently recalling ball-playing from sometime in the 1820s. Onondaga Academy was, evidently, about 3 miles SW of downtown Syracuse. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Can we get better data on Clark's age while at the Academy? Edit with form to add a query |
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| Submitted by | David Block |
| Submission Note | Email of 2/27/2008 |
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1820s.18 Syracuse NY Ball Field Remembered as Base Ball Site"
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