1860.51

Base Ball Is Reaching Remote Spots in New York State

Salience	Noteworthy
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Location	Western New YorkWestern New York
City/State/Country:	Dunkirk, NY, United States
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	"The Dunkirk Journal says that the young men of that village have organized a 'young American Base Ball club. . . . [we in Jamestown, too] should be glad to see [base ball] engaged in by our clerks and business men generally during the summer"
Sources	Jamestown[NY] Journal, April 20, 1860. Accessed by subscription search May 21, 2009.
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Comment	Dunkirk NY is about 45 miles SW of Buffalo on the shore of Lake Erie. Jamestown NY is about 60 miles S of Buffalo. Edit with form to add a comment
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