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> [Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-chadwick/base-ball-to-be-played-thoroughly-requires-the-possession-of-muscular/)

[Henry Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-chadwick/)

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> [It was not long before I was struck with the idea that base ball was just the game for a national sport for Americans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-chadwick/it-was-not-long-before-i-was-struck-with-the-idea-that-base-ball-was/)

[Henry Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-chadwick/)

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## More by Henry Chadwick

> [Most Americans think Abner Doubleday invented the game but he had little or nothing to do with cricket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-chadwick/most-americans-think-abner-doubleday-invented-the-game-but-he-had/)

[Henry Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-chadwick/)

> [“Nothing is sadder than someone who has lost his memory, and the church which has lost its memory is in the same state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-chadwick/nothing-is-sadder-than-someone-who-has-lost-his-memory-and-the-church/)

[Henry Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-chadwick/)

> [ “\[Mani\] deleted as interpolations all texts in the New Testament that assumed either the order and goodness of matter or the inspiration and authority… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-chadwick/mani-deleted-as-interpolations-all-texts-in-the-new-testament-that/)

[Henry Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-chadwick/)

> [A Church which has lost its memory is in a sad state of senility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-chadwick/a-church-which-has-lost-its-memory-is-in-a-sad-state-of-senility/)

[Henry Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-chadwick/)

> [Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-chadwick/base-ball-to-be-played-thoroughly-requires-the-possession-of-muscular/)

[Henry Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-chadwick/)

> [It was not long before I was struck with the idea that base ball was just the game for a national sport for Americans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-chadwick/it-was-not-long-before-i-was-struck-with-the-idea-that-base-ball-was/)

[Henry Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-chadwick/)

> [The Nationals tried hard to recover the lost ground. The final result, however, was the success of the Forest Citys by a score of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-chadwick/the-nationals-tried-hard-to-recover-the-lost-ground-the-final-result/)

[Henry Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-chadwick/)

> [“What they (Americans) do, they want to be in a hurry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-chadwick/what-they-americans-do-they-want-to-be-in-a-hurry/)

[Henry Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-chadwick/)

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