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Cricket Plays Catch-up; Plans a National Convention

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"CRICKET CONVENTION FOR 1858. - A Convention of delegates from the various Cricket Clubs of the United States will take place, pursuant to adjournment from last year, at the Astor House [on May 3]. Important business will be transacted." "Cricket and Base Ball," Spirit of the Times (Volume 28, number 4 (Saturday, April 10, 1858), page 102, column 3. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008. Note: Do we know the outcome? Was cricket attempting to counteract baseball's surge? How? Why didn't it work?

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