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|Year=1856 | |||
|Year Number=11 | |||
|Headline=New Reader Has Ballplaying Illustration | |Headline=New Reader Has Ballplaying Illustration | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Text=<p>Town, Salem, and Nelson M Holbrook, < | |Age of Players=Juvenile | ||
<p>Beleze, Par G., < | |Text=<p>Town, Salem, and Nelson M Holbrook, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Progressive First Reader</span> [Boston], per David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, pages 217-218. This elementary school book has an illustration of boys playing ball in a schoolyard. 1856.10 French Work Describes Poisoned Ball and <em>La Balle au Baton</em></p> | ||
<p>Beleze, Par G., <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Jeux des adolescents</span> [Paris, L. Hachette et Cie], per David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, page 217. This author's portrayal of <em>balle empoisonee</em> is seen as similar to its earlier coverage up to 40 years before; its major variant involves two teams who exchange places regularly, outs are recorded by means of caught flies and runners plugged between bases, and four or five bases comprise the infield. Hitters, however, used their bare hands as bats. Block sees the second game, <em>la balle au baton,</em> as a scrub game played without teams. The ball was put in play by fungo hits with a bat, and was reported to be most often seen in Normandie, where it was known as <em>teque or theque.</em> </p> | |||
|Query=<p>What are the "other sources" for playing <em>theque?</em> Is it significant that this book features games for adolescents, not younger children?</p> | |||
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| Text | Town, Salem, and Nelson M Holbrook, The Progressive First Reader [Boston], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, pages 217-218. This elementary school book has an illustration of boys playing ball in a schoolyard. 1856.10 French Work Describes Poisoned Ball and La Balle au Baton Beleze, Par G., Jeux des adolescents [Paris, L. Hachette et Cie], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 217. This author's portrayal of balle empoisonee is seen as similar to its earlier coverage up to 40 years before; its major variant involves two teams who exchange places regularly, outs are recorded by means of caught flies and runners plugged between bases, and four or five bases comprise the infield. Hitters, however, used their bare hands as bats. Block sees the second game, la balle au baton, as a scrub game played without teams. The ball was put in play by fungo hits with a bat, and was reported to be most often seen in Normandie, where it was known as teque or theque. |
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