1828.2
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Portland Newspaper Reports Boys Playing at "Bat-and-Ball."
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Location | |
| City/State/Country: | Portland, ME, United States |
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| Game | Bat-and-BallBat-and-Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | JuvenileJuvenile |
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| Text | "A Portland newspaper referred to boys playing at "bat and ball" - Tom Altherr |
| Sources | Anderson, Will, Was Baseball Really Invented in Maine? (private printing, Portland, 1992), p. 1. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, see page 244 and ref #71. |
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| Comment | The fine announced in 1805.2 must not have persisted? Edit with form to add a comment |
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1828.2 Portland Newspaper Reports Boys Playing at "Bat-and-Ball.""
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