1860.23
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NY Game Gets to ME
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | CollegeCollege |
| Location | New EnglandNew England |
| City/State/Country: | Topsham, ME, United States |
| Modern Address | Grandstands Rd., Topsham, ME |
| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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| Text | "The first documented game of baseball to actually be played in Maine took place on October 10, 1860. . . . that October saw the Sunrise Club of Brunswick host the senior class team of Bowdoin [College] at the Topsham Fair Grounds."
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| Sources | Anderson, Will, Was Baseball Really Invented in Maine? (Will Anderson, Publisher, Portland, 1992), page 1. Anderson appears to rely on The Brunswick Telegraph, October 12, 1860. |
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| Comment | Topsham Fair Grounds are 1 1/2 miles from Brunswick, across the Androscoggin River Edit with form to add a comment |
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1860.23 NY Game Gets to ME"
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