Clipping:An early claim for an American origin of baseball; the status of the game

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Date	Sunday, June 11, 1865
Text	Base Ball is essentially an American game, being entirely characteristic of the [illegible] of the American people. Its origin, unlike cricket, cannot be traced to an ancient paternity, but is emphatically Yankee in its origin. No pastime has ever taken such a firm hold on the minds of the sporting public. Cricket in its palmiest days never attained in this country the universal popularity secured by this amusement. The ragged little orphan, armed with a broomstick and air ball, frequent the unbuilt lots scattered over the city and talk as knowingly of “foul outs,” and “out on the first,” as the “muffins” or the gentlemanly “seniors.
Source	Philadelphia Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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