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{{Chronology Entry
|Headline=Association Rules Appear in Syracuse Newspaper
|Year=1855
|Year=1855
|Salience=2
|Year Number=23
|Location=Western New York
|Headline=Modern Base Ball Rules Appear in NYC, Syracuse Papers
|Game=Base Ball
|Game=Base Ball,
|Text=<p>Without accompanying comment, 17 rules for playing the New York style of base ball appear in the <u>Syracuse Standard</u> (May 16, 1855)<u>.</u> The rules include the original 13 playing rules in the Knickerbocker game plus four rules added in in New York in 1854<u>Porter's Spirit of the Times</u> would carry the New York rules in December of 1856 [Peter Morris, <u>A Game of Inches</u> (Ivan Dee, 2006), page 22. The <u>Spirit of the Times</u> had printed the rules four days earlier.</p>
|Text=<p>[A] The current Knickerbocker rules are printed in the <em>Spirit of the Times </em>on May 12, 1855.</p>
<p>[B] Without accompanying comment, 17 rules for playing the New York style of base ball appear in the <em>Syracuse Standard</em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">.</span> The rules include the original 13 playing rules in the Knickerbocker game plus four rules added in in New York in 1854</p>
|Sources=<p>[A] <em>Spirit</em>, May 12, 1855.&nbsp; Bill Ryczek writes that this marked the first printing of the rules.&nbsp;&nbsp;Earlier, the initial printing had been reported&nbsp;in December of 1856 [Peter Morris, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Game of Inches</span> (Ivan Dee, 2006), page 22].</p>
<p>[B] <em>Syracuse Standard</em>, May 16, 1855.</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=23
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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[A] The current Knickerbocker rules are printed in the Spirit of the Times on May 12, 1855.

[B] Without accompanying comment, 17 rules for playing the New York style of base ball appear in the Syracuse Standard. The rules include the original 13 playing rules in the Knickerbocker game plus four rules added in in New York in 1854

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[A] Spirit, May 12, 1855.  Bill Ryczek writes that this marked the first printing of the rules.  Earlier, the initial printing had been reported in December of 1856 [Peter Morris, A Game of Inches (Ivan Dee, 2006), page 22].

[B] Syracuse Standard, May 16, 1855.

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