PORTER'S SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, June 20, 1857 

* Pre Civil War baseball
* New York City area club

Inside under "Base Ball" is a very brief summary of a match between the "Light" & Heavy" weights of the Empire Base Ball Club. There is also a nice article with details about the "Brooklyn Base Ball Clubs", specifically the Charter Oak, Alert and Nassau clubs. Includes a description of the uniforms worn by the Charter Oak club. There are two more box scores, a letter to the editor about a new club in Charlestown called the "Bunker Hill Ball Club".
The front page has a nice print: "The Struggle Up the Home
Stretch" being a horse racing scene.
Other sporting topics throughout this 16 page issue. Archival mend to an inside page tear, nice condition.