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|First Newspaper Mention=1877/08/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|First Newspaper Mention=1878/07/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|First Newspaper Mention=1869/05/17 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|Name=Club of Demopolis v A MS club in August 1875 |State=AL

|Name=Club of Jasper, AL |State=AL

|Name=in Montgomery in May 1865 |State=AL

|Headline=31st Iowa plays baseball in Alabama |State=AL

|Name=in Eufaula in January 1873 |State=AL

|First Newspaper Mention=1874/08/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|Title=Al Spink resigns as St. Louis official scorer ...hat Mr. Lucas could select. Al. will leave the city soon for a short trip in order to bring himself into the proper condition for the work he will have

|State=AL |City=Tuscumbia

|Name=Club of Huntsville, AL |State=AL

|State=AL |City=Troy

|First Newspaper Mention=1877/08/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|State=AL |City=Demopolis

|State=AL |City=Gadsden

|Name=Fayetteville, TN v Club of Meridianville in August 1874 |State=AL

|State=AL |City=Dadeville

|State=AL |City=Snowdoun

|City=Oakland ...p. 333, says that Oakland had a Live Oak BBC in 1866, and a Wide Awake BBC in 1867.</p>

|State=AL |City=Mobile

|State=AL |City=Prattville

...e. But there should be no mistake about it. There should be no Al Wright in it, and no Spering, or Concannon, or Porter, at the head of it. The players

|State=AL |City=Cherokee

|Location=New York City, NY ...es traditional Barn Ball. A pitcher bounces a spaldeen ball off a wall and a batter tries to hit it on the rebound. Rules for baserunning and scoring ar

|State=AL |City=Marion

|State=AL |City=Greenville

|State=AL |City=Tuskegee

|Headline=Opdycke's Tigers Play ball in AL |State=AL

|First Newspaper Mention=1867/07/25 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|City=Fredericksburg ...Fredericksburg, March 8, 1863: "Since coming off picket the only amusement in camp is ball playing, which serves to while away the lonely hours."</p>

|State=AL |City=Fort Deposit

|Title=Baseball in the Berkshires: A County's Common Bond |Author=Overmyer, Jim, et. al

|Name=in Jayapura in 1944 |City=Jayapura

|Headline=196th PA plays ball in Baltimore |City=Baltimore

|State=AL |City=Selma

...ball, going so far as to throw stones at him, one of which struck his cap in the eighth innings, luckily without doing any injury. Philadelphia Sunday <p>Al Reach past his peak?</p>

|First Newspaper Mention=1876/07/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|State=AL |City=Birmingham

|Name=in Luxembourg in 1945 |City=

|Title=Al Wright organizing a club ...e Sunday Mercury, a professional base ball club will be established in the city this season. The team will probably play at Oakdale Park, and will be manag

|Name=In St. Louis in 1856 |City=St. Louis

|Title=Al Wright once worked for the City Item ...ill-feeling toward Mr. Wright–no desire to call him a blackguard, a toady, a New York renegade, or any thing of that sort: quite the contrary! Egad, we

|City=Oakland ...19-321, says that Oakland had a Live Oak BBC in 1866, and a Wide Awake BBC in 1867.</p>

|City=San Francisco ...the Independents, Liberty, Occidental, Eclipse and Broderick clubs existed in San Francisco.</p>

|City=Rochelle ...editors, "Base Ball Pioneers. 1850-1870" p. 225 mentions a BBC in Rochelle in 1866.</p>

|State=AL |City=Tuscaloosa

...cated such a plan, but is opposed to any such idea. He stands flat-footed in favor of the existence of the National League and the American Association, ...openly violated the League rule on this point—has had something to do with Al's change of base on the subject. The Sporting Life August 17, 1887</p>

|Name=in Guam in 1908 |City=

|Headline=55th IL Plays Baseball in Alabama |State=AL

|State=AL |City=Mobile

|Name=in Kenitra in 1943 |City=Kenitra

...e and catching is made wonderfully easy. The new owner, Al Reach, of this city, has taken steps to fully protect by patent this invention, which is valuab

|City=Pecatonica ...was so bad it was the butt of jokes nationwide. The Chicago Cubs were not in existence at this time to provide Pecatonica any competition for that honor

|City=San Francisco ...the Independents, Liberty, Occidental, Eclipse and Broderick clubs existed in San Francisco.</p>

|City=Bridgeport ...ption=<p>Peter Morris et al., editors, "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870" has a section on the early Bridgeport teams. It mentions 1865 Bridgeport teams na

|City=Middletown ...park at the corner of Washington and Berlin Streets. In 1871 they moved to a park bounded by River, Eastern, Silver, and State Terrace Sts., where the 1

|City=Ottawa ...at 1st base. This "Al. Sapp" is Alvin Jennings Sapp (3-20-1850 1-20-1919), a printer, whose brother Francis Marion Sapp (born 5-30-1838) edited the Otta

|State=AL |City=Montgomery

|Name=In Mobile in 1855 |State=AL

|City=Bridgeport ...ption=<p>Peter Morris et al., editors, "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870" has a section on the early Bridgeport teams. It mentions 1865 Bridgeport teams na

|City=Bridgeport ...ption=<p>Peter Morris et al., editors, "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870" has a section on the early Bridgeport teams. It mentions 1865 Bridgeport teams na

|Title=awareness that first base is best suited of lefties ...he other positions in the in-field; still he has so ably acquitted himself in the position of second base as to make it his permanent post., quoting the

|City=Bridgeport ...ption=<p>Peter Morris et al., editors, "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870" has a section on the early Bridgeport teams. It mentions 1865 Bridgeport teams na

|Name=Montgomery Club of Montgomery v Capitol City Club of Montgomery on 20 November 1868 |State=AL

|City=Oberlin ...0-22, says the Oberlin team had a black 1st baseman in 1865, making it the first multiracial team we know of.</p>

...nd so notified Al Johnson. He also sent a long telegram to Treasurer Howe in New York informing him of his intention. The Sporting Life February 5, 189 ...ss sum than the Players' League asked him to, will ever be allowed to play in the organization with my consent. The Sporting Life February 12, 1889</p>

...ential citizens and supporters of the national game, including the veteran Al Reach. Subscription-papers for the purpose of raising the requisite $5,000 ...give it its old-time prestige in base-ball by having one of the best clubs in the country. The Item Philadelphia October 2, 1881</p>

|City=Ottawa ...at 1st base. This "Al. Sapp" is Alvin Jennings Sapp (3-20-1850 1-20-1919), a printer, whose brother Francis Marion Sapp (born 5-30-1838) edited the Otta

|Name=Summit City Base Ball Club of Fort Wayne |Club Name=Summit City Base Ball Club

|State=AL |City=Montgomery

|Headline=Editor Sees Stoolball in Verse on Bachelorhood |City=

...aising such an objection! The umpire, however, very properly decided that a man should run for him.</p> |Source=Evening City Item

...ngular feature of this game was the number of balls required to finish it; Al. Reach knocking three over the fence, and Fisler one–all of which were st <p>a difficult slow pitcher</p>

|State=AL |City=Mobile

|City=Byron ...ors, "Base Ball Pioneers. 1850-1870" p. 222 says the Byron BBC was founded in 1866.</p>

|Headline=Newell Sees Baseball&#39;s Roots in MA |City=

|Title=umpiring in Philadelphia ...umpires. Truly are the professionals doing al they can to ruin themselves in the estimation of the patrons of the game. Brooklyn Union.</p>

|Title=a proposal for post-season interleague play ...er. I have no doubt whatever but what the eight series would generally be a great success, providing the weather was all right. This thought prompts t

|City=Freeport ...liating loss. According to the newspaper, the Atlantics had tried to bring in "ringers" to this game.</p>

|Name=in Cape Town in 1897 |City=Cape Town

...the true one, and the League will come to it in time. It will not be the first idea they have borrowed from the American Association.</p>

|Name=Forest City Base Ball Club of Cleveland |Club Name=Forest City

|Title=Fitzgerald denounces Al Reach ...and persistent attacks! This is the Sunday school teacher! Is Base Ball a game for gentlemen?</p>

...eld hockey, in which players on two teams attempted to advance a ball with a club into the opposing team's goal.</p> ...NC banned the playing of bandy in the streets. In 1858 boys were arrested in DC for playing bandy on the streets (Washington Star, Nov. 27, 1858).</p>

|Location=Greater New York City |City=Hoboken

|Title=profanity in Boston .... Philadelphia]. It looked, in this game, as if their debut in Boston was a great success.</p>

...cBride at times quietly rebuke others for intemperate language, induced by a provocation that really affected him more than any one else. All honor to

|City=Middletown ...park at the corner of Washington and Berlin Streets. In 1871 they moved to a park bounded by River, Eastern, Silver, and State Terrace Sts., where the 1

|City=Centralia ...y, Secy. Same, Aug. 16, 1866, announces the "First nine" of the EBCC. "The first full game of none innings will be played on Friday, 3 p.m., by the Club, at

...ause the old club was so covered up with debt that, if any attempt to play a game under the same name had been made, the officers of the law would have ...and will use them about as they are, not caring to spend much if any money in fitting them up.</p>

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|State=AL |City=Mobile

|City=Canton ...ange, "played quite spiritedly in a game of old fashioned town ball" while in Canton.</p>

|City=St. Louis ...ll in dimension the ground was used almost solely for practice…” Al Spink, in The National Game, writes about early baseball games being played “on the

...e League and the American Association, and to make a number of alterations in the playing rules. Philadelphia Record August 31, 1883</p> ...Baltimore and Cincinnati out, and yet they are two of the best ball towns in the country. To sum up my opinion,” continued the Secretary, “I think

|First Newspaper Mention=1866/01/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year

|Name=In MA in 1780 |City=

|Headline=Was Lewis Wadsworth the First Paid Player? |Location=Greater New York City,

|City=Shelbyville ...Callaway," p. 94 cites a letter from Shelbyvlle, TN, June 1863: "there is a big game of 'Town Ball' going on out there and they are all very jolly..."<