1854.18
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Bass Ball and Truth-telling
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | FictionFiction |
| Location | |
| City/State/Country: | US |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Bass BallBass Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | |
| Age of Players | JuvenileJuvenile |
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| Text | "Tucked away in the 1854 Youth's Casket was a . . . moralistic tale centered on lying . . . . Three lads play 'game of bass' with a new bat and ball, and one of them hits the ball so hard it breaks a school window. . . . One of them is punished for lying to cover up his mate's act. |
| Sources | "Hiding One's Faults," in The Youth's Casket; An Illustrated Magazine for the Young (E. F. Beadle, Buffalo, 1854), pages 151-152.
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| Submitted by | Tom Altherr |
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1854.18 Bass Ball and Truth-telling"
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