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{{Chronology Entry
|Headline=Our Game Hits the Sports Pages?
|Year=1853
|Year=1853
|Year Number=14
|Headline=Our Game Hits the Sports Pages?  Gothams v. Knicks, July 1853
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Game=Base Ball
|Game=Base Ball
|Text=<p>"On July 9, 1853, <u>The Spirit of the Times</u> mentioned baseball for the first time, printing a letter reporting a game between the Gotham and Knickerbocker Clubs."</p>
|Age of Players=Adult
<p>William Ryczek, <u>Baseball's First Inning</u> (McFarland, 2009), page 163. <b>Query:</b> do we know comparable dates for other like papers - the <u>Clipper</u>, the <u>Sunday Mercury</u>, etc? Has someone already analyzed the role of assorted papers in the baseball boom?</p>
|Text=<p>"On July 9, 1853, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Spirit of the Times</span> mentioned baseball for the first time, printing a letter reporting a game between the Gotham and Knickerbocker Clubs."</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>William Ryczek, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball's First Inning</span> (McFarland, 2009), page 163.</p>
|Query=<p>Do we know comparable dates for other like papers - the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Clipper</span>, the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sunday Mercury</span>, etc? Has someone already analyzed the role of assorted papers in the first baseball boom?</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=14
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
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Our Game Hits the Sports Pages? Gothams v. Knicks, July 1853

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"On July 9, 1853, The Spirit of the Times mentioned baseball for the first time, printing a letter reporting a game between the Gotham and Knickerbocker Clubs."

 

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William Ryczek, Baseball's First Inning (McFarland, 2009), page 163.

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Do we know comparable dates for other like papers - the Clipper, the Sunday Mercury, etc? Has someone already analyzed the role of assorted papers in the first baseball boom?

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