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FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME This page intentionally left blank For the Love of the Game Amateur Sport in Small-Town Ontario, 1838-1895 NANCY B. BOUCHIER McGill-Queen's University Press Montreal & Kingston • London • Ithaca McGill-Queen's University Press 2003 ISBN 0-7735-2456-8 Legal deposit first quarter 2003 Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec Printed in Canada on acid-free paper that is 100% ancient forest free (100% post-consumer recycled), processed chlorine free. This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. McGill-Queen's University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities. National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Bouchier, Nancy Barbara, 1958- For the love of the game : amateur sport in small-town Ontario, 1838-1895 / Nancy B. Bouchier. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7735-2.456-8 i. Sports - Social aspects - Ontario - Ingersoll - History - i9th century. 2. Sports - Social aspects - Ontario - Woodstock - History - i9th century 3. Ingersoll (Ont.) - Social life and customs - i9th century. 4. Woodstock (Ont.) - Social life and customs - i9th century I. Title. GV585-3.05668 2003 3o6.4'83'o97i346 02.002-903655-0 This book was typeset by True to Type in 10/12 Sabon Contents Tables, Maps, and Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 3 i Tory Elites to Middle-Class Men: Changing Political, Economic, and Social Landscapes 9 2. The 24th of May is the Queen's Birthday: Civic Holidays, Locality, and Sport 31 3 From Holidays to Every Day: The Amateur Ascendancy in Local Sport 60 4 Cricket and Local Culture: From Centre Stage to the Margins 88 5 Baseball, Boosters, and the Amateur Not-for-Profit Approach to Community Sport 100 6 Lacrosse: Idealized Middle-Class Sport for Youth 117 7 A Respectable Man's World: Amateurism and Local Culture 131 Appendix: Notes on Methodology and Primary Sources 139 Notes 143 Bibliography 177 Index 203 This page intentionally left blank Tables, Maps, and Illustrations TABLES 1.1 Summary of urban growth and local services for Ingersoll and Woodstock, 1830-1901 147 1.2 Industrial employees and number of manufacturing establish- ments in Ingersoll and Woodstock, 1871-1891 148 1.3 Ingersoll and Woodstock census populations and the number of Ontario urban municipalities by population size, 1851-1901 148 1.4 Place of birth in percentage of total populations, Ingersoll and Woodstock inhabitants, 1851-1901 149 1.5 Per cent distribution of occupational breakdown, Ingersoll and Woodstock, 1851-1891 149 3.1 Per cent distribution of occupational breakdown, Ingersoll and Woodstock AAA executives and the local populations, 1884-1896 159 6.1 The number of senior and junior baseball and lacrosse clubs in Ingersoll and Woodstock, 1860-1889 173 MAPS 1 Geographic location of Ingersoll and Woodstock, Canada West/Ontario 19 2 Bird's-eye view of Ingersoll, 1885 26 3 Bird's-eye view of Woodstock, 1885 27 Viii Tables, Maps, and Illustrations ILLUSTRATIONS IngersolPs Mammoth Cheese, 1866 20 Dundas Street, Woodstock, c.186os 21 Morrow Screw and Nut factory workers, Ingersoll, n.d. 23 W.A. Karn Drugstore, Woodstock, 1897 25 IAAA Dominion Day trades parade, Ingersoll, c. 18905 39 Woodstock representative sports teams through time 41 Woodstock Cycle Club, c. 1885 43 Joseph Gibson and Ingersoll cyclists, n.d. 44 Lady cyclists on parade, Woodstock, 1897 45 Herb Clarke, Woodstock's famed amateur cyclist, c. 1888 68 Alby Robinson, Woodstock professional athlete, n.d. 85 The Young Canadians, Woodstock's Canadian Baseball Champions, c. 1868 101 Boys' baseball team, Woodstock area, n.d. 111 Bain Factory Club first nine, Woodstock, 1898 113 Bain Factory Club members, 1896 115 Dufferin lacrosse club, Ingersoll, n.d. 124 Dominion Day lacrosse sketch, 1893 I27 Acknowledgments It has taken me quite a while - nearly half my lifetime at this point - to bring this project to closure after many interruptions and long times away from it. I am glad finally to see it done. I owe many people debts of gratitude for their help and support over the years. At the Universi- ty of Western Ontario, George Emery, Don Morrow, and Bob Barney oversaw my training and eased my transition from physical education to history. I am fortunate to have studied with them. J.J. Talman responded to many questions along the way; for sure, Ontario history has lost much with his passing. My classmate and friend Chris Anstead gave cogent criticism and help with theory and data. He is a gem. My thanks for the useful suggestions of Fred Armstrong, Roger Hall, Susan Houston, and Sid Noel, who examined the dissertation upon which this book is based. Ken Cruikshank and Stephen Hardy gave invalu- able critical feedback and encouragement for strengthening my argu- ment and revising the manuscript. Mel Adelman, Peter Donnelly, Greg Gillespie, Colin Howell, Mary Keyes, Bruce Kidd, Alan Metcalfe, and Patricia Vertinsky each helped me at various points in the process. Thanks also to Marlene Cope, Deanna Goral, Marion Gerull, Ania Latoszek, Kim McNabb, Heidi Nash, Tina Parratt, and Ang Ross for their many kindnesses born of friendship. Rhoda Howard-Hassmann and Stefania Szlek Miller have shown me the true meaning of colle- giality. Special thanks to Lesley Barry, who did a marvelous job of edit- ing the manuscript, to Ruth Pincoe, for her great index, and to Joan McGilvray and Philip Cercone from McGill-Queen's, who helped to get the book into print. Over the years I have been helped tremen- dously at Western and in Oxford County by archivists, curators, librar- ians, and volunteers. I'd especially like to thank Mary Evans, herself forever a young spirit, who made research trips to Woodstock fun and interesting. Thanks also to Jill Jamieson, Shelia Johnson, Melanie Law,
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