Home > Back to Search Results >
Calling for a very historic baseball convention...
Calling for a very historic baseball convention...
Item # 675245
Currently Unavailable. Contact us if you would like to be placed on a want list or to be notified if a similar item is available.
January 17, 1857
PORTER SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, Jan. 17, 1857 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 one issue.
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, 11 by 16 inches, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
No Longer Available
