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Early baseball described...
Item # 688498
August 15, 1865
NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 15, 1865
* Post Civil War baseball
Page 5 has an article: "Base Ball" "The Second Grand Match for the Championship at Brooklyn--Another Immense Gathering of Spectators--Brooklyn Again Victorious--The Atlantics Still the Champions".
The lengthy report is a detailed summary about a match between the Atlantic and Mutual clubs at the Capitoline Ball Ground, in Brooklyn. Much reporting on the game & the crowd, estimated at about 20,000.
The report acknowledges near the end: "...feature of this match was the commendable good humor which marked the action of the contestants...Never was such an important match played in such a manly & friendly spirit. The conduct of the crowd, too, was admirable. Not the slightest disturbance...The decisions of the umpire were also of the most satisfactory character...".
The box score is included.
Eight pages, nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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