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Item # 695719
January 28, 1860
WILKES' SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, Jan. 28, 1860  It is subtitled in the masthead: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage". 
Page 6 has a report: "Base Ball" "A Game of Base Ball On Skates" with the report from Rochester, New York. Included is a list of players.
Also within is most of a page taken up with: "Life And Battles of Tom Sayers - Ninth Fight of Tom Sayers" who would soon battle with John Heenan for the championship.
Sixteen pages, 11 by 15 1/4 inches, a sporting-themed engraving in the masthead, great condition.