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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1836 | |||
|Year Number=6 | |||
|Headline=Georgetown U Students "play Ball" | |Headline=Georgetown U Students "play Ball" | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=College, | |||
|Country=United States | |||
|Coordinates=38.9071923, -77.0368707 | |||
|State=DC | |||
|City=Washington | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Youth | |||
|Text=<p>In a letter to a friend in 1836, a Georgetown Student wrote, "the Catholics think it no harm to play Ball, Draughts, or play the Fiddle and dance of a Sunday . . . "</p> | |Text=<p>In a letter to a friend in 1836, a Georgetown Student wrote, "the Catholics think it no harm to play Ball, Draughts, or play the Fiddle and dance of a Sunday . . . "</p> | ||
<p>Cited in Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, | <p> </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Cited in Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, see page 241, cited as follows: Georgetown Student Letter, August 27, 1836, quoted in Betty Spears and Richard Swanson, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">History of Sport and Physical Activity in the United States,</span> Second Edition (William C. Brown, Dubuque, 1983), page 85.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Text | In a letter to a friend in 1836, a Georgetown Student wrote, "the Catholics think it no harm to play Ball, Draughts, or play the Fiddle and dance of a Sunday . . . "
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Sources | Cited in Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, see page 241, cited as follows: Georgetown Student Letter, August 27, 1836, quoted in Betty Spears and Richard Swanson, History of Sport and Physical Activity in the United States, Second Edition (William C. Brown, Dubuque, 1983), page 85. |
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