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Baseball before the Civil War...
Baseball before the Civil War...
Item # 675243
January 10, 1857
PORTER'S SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, Jan. 10, 1857
* Very early pre-Civil War baseball
A rather famous sporting newspaper, with a sporting-themed masthead, calling itself: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage". This is a volume 1 issue.
Inside has most of a column taken up with an article headed: "Base Ball - The Eckford Club" which is a detailed article on one of the formative baseball clubs of the era. Interesting reading on how baseball games were reported back then.
Near the back is an advertisement for a: "Convention of Base Ball Clubs" being called for on January 22, which would be the first convention to organize baseball in the country. The convention did happen, and was considered by some historians as the birth of organized baseball.
Sixteen pages, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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