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Modern Base Ball Rules Appear in NYC, Syracuse Papers

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Text	[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
Sources	[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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