Clipping:Excitement over a Mutual-Atlantic match

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Date	Saturday, August 5, 1865
Text	[Atlantic vs. Mutual 8/3/1865] The first game of a home-and-home match between the above two best base-ball clubs in the United States came off on Thursday, Aug. 3d, upon the handsome grounds of the Mutual Club, at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken. The largest assemblage ever yet gathered to witness a base-ball contest, numbering from 18,000 to 20,000, were in attendance. From 1 to 3 P.M. the Hoboken ferry-boats were loaded down to a dangerous proximity to the water’s edge, with passengers, all of whom were intend upon a visit to the ball grounds. Cars were densely packed; wagons and carts were even at a premium, while thousands tried the pedestrian style from lack of any other means of reaching their destination. For weeks past this contest has been the principal topic of conversation in base-ball circles throughout the country. The chances of success of the contesting nines, their peculiar attributes as players, and the results of the preliminary games each have played, have been the talk of all who take any interest in the game.
Source	New York Leader
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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