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|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
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|Age of Players=Adult
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p><br />Anonymous correspondent from Norwich, Chenango County, NY, in the *Utica<br />Morning Herald:</p>
|Text=<p><br />Anonymous correspondent from Norwich, Chenango County, NY, in the <em>Utica&nbsp;</em><em>Morning Herald</em>:</p>
<p>"The modern Base Ball game-- emasculated by abolishing the bumping a man&nbsp;out with the ball when off the byes-- meets no favor here. It is voted&nbsp;effeminate and best adapted to semi-men and girls in boarding schools."</p>
<p>"The modern Base Ball game-- emasculated by abolishing the bumping a man&nbsp;out with the ball when off the byes-- meets no favor here. It is voted&nbsp;effeminate and best adapted to semi-men and girls in boarding schools."</p>
<p>'Nuff said.</p>
<p>'Nuff said.</p>

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No-Plugging Rule Seen as "Effeminate" in Central NY

Salience Peripheral
Tags Pre-modern Rules
City/State/Country: Norwich, NY, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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Anonymous correspondent from Norwich, Chenango County, NY, in the Utica Morning Herald:

"The modern Base Ball game-- emasculated by abolishing the bumping a man out with the ball when off the byes-- meets no favor here. It is voted effeminate and best adapted to semi-men and girls in boarding schools."

'Nuff said.

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Utica Morning Herald, July 7, 1864

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Norwich NY (2010 population about 7000) is about 45 miles SW of Utica NY.

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