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|Digger Activity=<p><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">[[John Zinn]]</span></em></strong> is working on a manuscript telling the early history of base ball in New Jersey. He has examined 47 newspapers&rsquo; coverage of base ball club activities from 1855 to 1860, a period when only five NJ cities had daily papers.&nbsp; John has made major contributions to the SABR &ldquo;Spread of Base Ball&rdquo; project and to MLB&rsquo;s Thorn Committee on Origins, which has stimulated new digging on the early spread of the game.</p>
<p>John reports that both Newark and Jersey City grew clubs that were mentioned at least once during this six-year span.&nbsp;&nbsp; The most active base ball counties in the state were Hudson County (which includes both Jersey City and Hoboken) and Essex County, the two counties closest to Hoboken's famous Elysian Fields.</p>
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