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|Headline=Modern Base Ball Rules Appear in NYC, Syracuse Papers | |Headline=Modern Base Ball Rules Appear in NYC, Syracuse Papers | ||
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|Country=US | |Country=US | ||
|State=NY | |State=NY | ||
|City=NYC, Syracuse | |City=NYC, Syracuse | ||
|Game=Base Ball, | |Game=Base Ball, | ||
|Text=<p>[A] The current | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
<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 | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Sources=<p>[A] <em>Spirit</em>, May 12, 1855. Bill Ryczek writes that | |Text=<p>[A] The 17 current rules of base ball are printed in the <em>Sunday Mercury </em> and in the Spirit<em> of the Times </em>early in the 1855 playing season -- 12 years after the first 13 rules were formulated by the Knickerbocker Club. </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></p> | |||
<p>The rules include the original 13 playing rules in the Knickerbocker game plus four rules added in in New York after 1845.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p>[A] <em>Sunday Mercury</em>, April 20, 1855; <em>Spirit</em>, May 12, 1855. Bill Ryczek writes that these news accounts marked the first printing of the rules; Ryczek, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball's First Inning</span> (McFarland, 2009), page 163. Earlier, the initial printing had been reported 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> | <p>[B] <em>Syracuse Standard</em>, May 16, 1855.</p> | ||
| | |Comment=<p>One might speculate that someone in the still-small base ball fraternity decided to publicize the young game's official rules, perhaps to attract more players.</p> | ||
<p>As of mid-2013, we know of 30 clubs playing base ball in 1855, all in downstate New York and New Jersey. </p> | |||
|Submitted by=Craig Waff | |||
|Submission Note=Email of 2/13/2010; 19CBB posting, 9/24/2008. | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Text | [A] The 17 current rules of base ball are printed in the Sunday Mercury and in the Spirit of the Times early in the 1855 playing season -- 12 years after the first 13 rules were formulated by the Knickerbocker Club. [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 after 1845. |
| Sources | [A] Sunday Mercury, April 20, 1855; Spirit, May 12, 1855. Bill Ryczek writes that these news accounts marked the first printing of the rules; Ryczek, Baseball's First Inning (McFarland, 2009), page 163. 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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| Comment | One might speculate that someone in the still-small base ball fraternity decided to publicize the young game's official rules, perhaps to attract more players. As of mid-2013, we know of 30 clubs playing base ball in 1855, all in downstate New York and New Jersey. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Craig Waff |
| Submission Note | Email of 2/13/2010; 19CBB posting, 9/24/2008. |
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