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|Text=<p> [A] "The <em>Sunday Mercury</em> reportedly began coverage in April or May of [1853]." </p> | |Text=<p> [A] "The <em>Sunday Mercury</em> reportedly began coverage in April or May of [1853]." </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> | <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> | ||
<p> </p> | <p> [C] <em>Spirit of the Times</em> began to cover cricket in 1837 . . . . Not until July 9, 1853, however, did it give notice to a baseball match . . . the same one noted in the fledgling <em>[New York] Clipper</em> one week later."</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>[A] Email from Bob Tholkes, 2/12/2010.</p> | |Sources=<p>[A] Email from Bob Tholkes, 2/12/2010.</p> | ||
<p>[B]William Ryczek, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball's First Inning</span> (McFarland, 2009), page 163.</p> | <p>[B]William Ryczek, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball's First Inning</span> (McFarland, 2009), page 163.</p> | ||
<p>[C] Joh Thorn, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball in the Garden of Eden</span> (Simon and Shuster, 2011), page 104.</p> | |||
|Query=<p>Has someone already analyzed the relative role of assorted papers in the first baseball boom?</p> | |||
|Submitted by=Bob Tholkes | |Submitted by=Bob Tholkes | ||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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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." [C] Spirit of the Times began to cover cricket in 1837 . . . . Not until July 9, 1853, however, did it give notice to a baseball match . . . the same one noted in the fledgling [New York] Clipper one week later." |
| Sources | [A] Email from Bob Tholkes, 2/12/2010. [B]William Ryczek, Baseball's First Inning (McFarland, 2009), page 163. [C] Joh Thorn, Baseball in the Garden of Eden (Simon and Shuster, 2011), page 104. |
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