In Lafayette in 1829
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| Date of Game | 1829 |
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| Game | Town Ball, Cat, Bull-pen |
| Location | Lafayette, IN, United States |
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| Description | Hugh M. King, in the year 1829, taught school in a one story frame that stood on the lot now occupied by Handley's block, on the east side of Fourth street, between Columbia and South streets. These were sub. scription schools - the employers paying according to the number of pupils subscribed, at the rate stipulated in the articles, which was generally from one dollar and fifty cents to two dollars per scholar per quarter. The branches taught were spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic, English grammar and geography. In but few instances was the teacher called upon to instruct his pupils in more than the four first named branches. The athletic sports of the boys, at the noon play-time, consisted in playing corner ball (bull-pen), cat, town ball, and a game called shinny. Baseball, now so popular among grown-up boys, who go from city to city to play with other hopeful "nines " whose ages range from eighteen to forty five, is a perversion of town ball. It is a rough and dangerous game. The girls amused themselves jumping the rope, gathering flowers, swinging, and other healthful amusements. There were then no male and female Dolly Varden Croquet Clubs, playing out-door billiards on the green, with painted mallets and balls, large shoe buckles, and a stock of affectation to match. |
| Sources | An Illustrated History of the State of Indiana: Being a Full and Authentic Civil and Political History of the State from sits First Exploration down to 1875..." by De Witt C. Goodrich and Prof. Charles R. Tuttle; Indianapolis; Richard S. Peale & Co, publishers; 1875 |
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| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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| Players Locality | Local |
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