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Juvenile Book's Chapter: "A Game at Ball: Cheating play never prospers"
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | FictionFiction |
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| City/State/Country: | United States |
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| Game | O' Cat?O' Cat? |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | JuvenileJuvenile |
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| Text | “You may get that ball yourself, Allen Bates,” exclaimed a boy about twelve years of age, as he turned away from the play-ground; “for as to climbing that high fence to get into the stable-yard again, I am not the fellow that’s going to do it.”
“Do not be in a passion, Jimmy,” replied Allen, tauntingly. “Be calm, my lad,” added he, as he patted him provokingly on the shoulder.
“Hands off,” said James in a loud tone, “I will have no more to do with such a cheat. ‘Cheating play never prospers;’ and you have knocked the ball over that fence four times, on purpose to prevent me from getting the ball-club. I am sure the play-ground is large enough, and you strong enough to leave me but small chance of getting the ball and hitting you before you get back to your place, without cheating.
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| Sources | "A Mother," Choice Medley. American Sunday School Union, 1843. |
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| Comment | Richard Hershberger, 1/13/2021: [] It is exactly what one would expect. The first chapter is "Game at Ball." It is a morality tale about self-control. It opens with a fight nearly breaking out [see text, above.] [] This (image) looks to me like old cat, the fielder trying to burn the batter, the two trading places if he succeeds. There also is a frontispiece illustrating the scene. I'm not sure if we can post images in this brave new format, but here goes. Note the forms of the bats. One looks to me like a wicket bat, the other like a hockey stick
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Submission Note | 19CBB posting of 1/13/2021 |
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1843.10 Juvenile Book's Chapter: "A Game at Ball: Cheating play never prospers""
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