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Baseball reports from before the Civil War...
Baseball reports from before the Civil War...
Item # 675277
July 04, 1857
PORTER'S SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, July 4, 1857
* Pre Civil War baseball
* New York City area clubs
A rather famous sporting newspaper, with a sporting-themed masthead, calling itself: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage".
Page 4 has a full column taken up with: "Base Ball" which has detailed reports of various baseball games including the early version of the box score of the games.
A wealth of other sporting reports under headings of "Aquatics" "Fishing..." "Fin, Fur, and Feather" "The American Turf" and more.
Sixteen pages, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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