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Fond OH Editor on Youthful Ball-playing: "We Like It"

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Text	"PLAYING BALL, is among the very first of the 'sports' of our early years. Who had not teased his grandmother for a ball, until the 'old stockings' have been transformed one that would bound well? Who has not played 'barn ball' in his boyhood, 'base' in his youth, and 'wicket' in his manhood? There is fun, and sport, and healthy exercise, in a game of 'ball.' We like it; for with it is associated recollections of our earlier days. And we trust we will never be too old to feel and' take delight' in the amusements which interested us in our boyhood."
Sources	Cleveland Daily Herald, April 15, 1841, provided by John Thorn,  2007.
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Comment	For same, see 1841.15 Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Note: Wicket was the main adult sport in Ohio? Edit with form to add a query
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Submitted by	John Thorn
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1841.12 Fond OH Editor on Youthful Ball-playing: "We Like It""

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