tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339541743624368462.post6090445400468446909..comments2024-02-10T21:11:00.659-08:00Comments on Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog: Dodgers and Dips - the Dark History of the Dunk TankPeter Jensen Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042588192094310236noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339541743624368462.post-47622523056565181642017-01-13T10:37:02.835-08:002017-01-13T10:37:02.835-08:00I could only find a couple examples from the UK, a...I could only find a couple examples from the UK, and they do not unambiguously reveal whether it was "played" in the UK (if that's the right word), or how well known it was. The term "African Dodger" appears to have been understood, however. A full-page cartoon in the Illustrated London News in 1910, for example, suggests a new, metaphorical "African-Dodger" "election game," in which political opponents throw stones at each other. The image of the "African Dip" on a California beach (shown above) comes from a British Magazine, The Strand. <br /><br />When the "African Dodger" game made its way to Australia in 1896, using cricket balls, it seems to have been new, as the articles about the game describe it in detail as though the readers would be unfamiliar with it. The game is mentioned only a few times in Australian newspapers over the next couple decades, and some of the later references seem to refer to a game with static game targets, as opposed to live dodgers.Peter Jensen Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00042588192094310236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339541743624368462.post-32270560719676792042017-01-13T02:47:30.530-08:002017-01-13T02:47:30.530-08:00I was hoping you might know if the dip or dodger w...I was hoping you might know if the dip or dodger were played in the UK? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334081540748454523noreply@blogger.com