NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 16, 1859.

* Baseball & Cricket

* Described and Compared

The front page has: Cricket And Base Ball The English Cricketers and Base Ball Match--The Two Games Described and Compared. A well-written, two column report comparing and contrasting the two sports. Also has two related letters to the editor, the first: Best Mode Of Arranging The Match Of Base Ball With The English Eleven and a second one: Base Ball An English Game which states, contrary to a previous report, that baseball is an English game that has been played ...for a century or more, under the name of Rounders. Other news of the day includes: "Submarine Telegraph" "Supplies For The Army In Utah" "Supreme Court" and more. 4 pages. Nice condition.