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Base Ball Hits the Sports Pages? Sunday Mercury, Spirit of the Times Among First to Cover Game Regularly

Salience	Noteworthy
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
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Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	[A] "The Sunday Mercury reportedly began coverage in April or May of [1853]." [B] "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."
Sources	[A] Email from Bob Tholkes, 2/12/2010. [B]William Ryczek, Baseball's First Inning (McFarland, 2009), page 163.
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Query	Do we know comparable dates for other like papers - the Clipper, etc? Has someone already analyzed the relative role of assorted papers in the first baseball boom? Edit with form to add a query
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Submitted by	Bob Tholkes
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-<p>[A] "The <em>Sunday Mercury</em> reportedly began coverage in April or May of&nbsp;[1854]."&nbsp;</p>
 <p>[B] "On July 9, 1853, <em>The Spirit of the Times</em> mentioned baseball for the first time, printing a letter reporting a game between the Gotham and Knickerbocker Clubs."</p>
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