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Item # 572857

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December 05, 1870
THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 5, 1870

* Post Civil War baseball
* Rare Deep South game


Near the lower right of the front page is: "Base-Ball -- Game of the Mutuals at New Orleans" which begins: "The Mutuals of New York, having deferred their departure, arranged a game with the champion R. E. Lees..." Rare report of a baseball game played in the South, with the details of the game (see photos).

Complete in eight pages, and in nice condition.