The Fundamentals of the Base-Ball 'Game' Described for Non-Sports Fans
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Title
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The Fundamentals of the Base-Ball 'Game' Described for Non-Sports Fans
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Rights
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Image credit to the Daily Forward
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Creator
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The Forverts (Forward), a Yiddish language news publication founded in 1897.
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Date
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Originally published 27 August 1909
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Description
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A diamond shape, representing the baseball field, is surrounded by a larger circle to represent the spectator seats depicts a standard representation of a baseball field. Above the diagram is a headline that, when translated from Yiddish, reads "The Fundamentals of the Base-Ball 'Game' Described for Non-Sports Fans".
Below the diagram is a 3-columned article that outlines the rules of baseball in a very unorthodox manner.
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Format
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PNG image file of the original article.
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Language
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Yiddish
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Publisher
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Originally published 27 August 1909 by the Forverts.
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Contributor
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Image downloaded from the United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula on 26 October 2023.
Translation by Eddy Portnoy of Cheshire, Connecticut's Temple Beth David.
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Identifier
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N/A as of 10/26/23. Awaiting to hear back from archive and publishing company on further organizational details.
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Subject
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Baseball; Jews and Baseball; Yiddish; Jewish-American History.
