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{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1858
|Year Number=43
|Headline=CT Man Reports 13-on-8 games, Asks for Some Rules
|Headline=CT Man Reports 13-on-8 games, Asks for Some Rules
|Year=1858
|Salience=2
|Is in main chronology=yes
|Location=New England,
|Text=<p>"Dear Spirit: The base-ball mania has attacked a select few in New Haven . . . the (self-assumed) best eight challenged the mediocre and miserable thirteen, who constitute the rest of this [unnamed] club. Best two in three, no grumbling, were the conditions . . . [The Worsts won, 48-40, 35-17, 33-27; sounds like a fixed-innings match.]. But what I meant to write you about, was to ask where we can obtain a full statement and explanation of the rules and principles of base-ball." "BASE-BALL IN NEW HAVEN," <u>Spirit of the Times</u> [date shorn from Mears Clippings Collections; inferred to be July 1858]. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.</p>
|Country=United States
|State=CT
|City=New Haven
|Game=Base Ball,
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>"Dear Spirit: The base-ball mania has attacked a select few in New Haven . . . the (self-assumed) best eight challenged the mediocre and miserable thirteen, who constitute the rest of this [unnamed] club. Best two in three, no grumbling, were the conditions . . . [The Worsts won, 48-40, 35-17, 33-27; sounds like a fixed-innings match.]. But what I meant to write you about, was to ask where we can obtain a full statement and explanation of the rules and principles of base-ball."&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>&nbsp;"BASE-BALL IN NEW HAVEN,"&nbsp;<em>Porter's Spirit of the Times</em>, July 17, 1858.</p>
|Submitted by=Craig Waff
|Submission Note=September 2008
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Coordinates=41.308274, -72.9278835
}}
}}

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CT Man Reports 13-on-8 games, Asks for Some Rules

Salience Noteworthy
Location New England
City/State/Country: New Haven, CT, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

"Dear Spirit: The base-ball mania has attacked a select few in New Haven . . . the (self-assumed) best eight challenged the mediocre and miserable thirteen, who constitute the rest of this [unnamed] club. Best two in three, no grumbling, were the conditions . . . [The Worsts won, 48-40, 35-17, 33-27; sounds like a fixed-innings match.]. But what I meant to write you about, was to ask where we can obtain a full statement and explanation of the rules and principles of base-ball." 

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 "BASE-BALL IN NEW HAVEN," Porter's Spirit of the Times, July 17, 1858.

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Submitted by Craig Waff
Submission Note September 2008



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