Early baseball in Massachusetts/Predecessor Game 10
From SABR Encyclopedia
FeikertM01 (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{Origins-pregame |Location=Massachusetts |Year=1780 |State=MA |Site=Phillips Academy |Game name=Ball |Approved=false }} Josiah Quincy was sent off to Phillips Academy in about 1…') |
|||
Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
|Year=1780 | |Year=1780 | ||
|State=MA | |State=MA | ||
+ | |Country=US | ||
|Site=Phillips Academy | |Site=Phillips Academy | ||
|Game name=Ball | |Game name=Ball | ||
- | |Approved= | + | |Approved=No |
}} | }} | ||
Josiah Quincy was sent off to Phillips Academy in about 1778 at age six. It was a tough place. “The discipline of the Academy was severe, and to a child, as I was, disheartening. . . [p24/25]. I cannot imagine a more discouraging course of education that that to which I was subjected. The truth was, I was an incorrigible lover of sports of every kind. My heart was in ball and marbles.” Biographer Edmund Quincy sets this passage in direct quotes, but does not provide a source. | Josiah Quincy was sent off to Phillips Academy in about 1778 at age six. It was a tough place. “The discipline of the Academy was severe, and to a child, as I was, disheartening. . . [p24/25]. I cannot imagine a more discouraging course of education that that to which I was subjected. The truth was, I was an incorrigible lover of sports of every kind. My heart was in ball and marbles.” Biographer Edmund Quincy sets this passage in direct quotes, but does not provide a source. |
Revision as of 21:57, 3 March 2010
Spread of baseball: Home -> Massachusetts -> Early baseball in Massachusetts/Predecessor Game 10 |
Location | Massachusetts |
---|---|
Year | 1780 |
State | MA |
Country | US |
Name of game | Ball |
Josiah Quincy was sent off to Phillips Academy in about 1778 at age six. It was a tough place. “The discipline of the Academy was severe, and to a child, as I was, disheartening. . . [p24/25]. I cannot imagine a more discouraging course of education that that to which I was subjected. The truth was, I was an incorrigible lover of sports of every kind. My heart was in ball and marbles.” Biographer Edmund Quincy sets this passage in direct quotes, but does not provide a source.
Edmund Quincy, Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts (Fields, Osgood and Company, Boston, 1869), pages 24-25.. Per Thomas L. Altherr, “Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games,” Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 36. Accessed on 11/16/2088 via Google Books search for “’life of josiah quincy.’”