PPT Slide
6. a) Adam E. Ford – remembered the first rule-based baseball game in Beachville, Ontario- 1838
b) Medieval jousting - festive, organized, symptomatic of timeless impulse to compete/play
-rules, code of chivalry (proper way to compete)
c) the rules of the Montreal Curling Club – social experience was far more important than competition
d) The Sabbath Day Act – passed in 1845 in Upper Canada – restricted the kinds of activities that were appropriate for Sundays – including various sports and games – made them illegal