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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1862
|Year=1862
|Headline=Survey Finding: Common Athletic Games Forestall Woes of Gambling
|Year Number=25
|Text=<p>After examining nearly 200 regiments, the Sanitary Commission was reported to have found that “in forty-two regiments, systematic athletic recreations (foot ball, base ball, &amp;c) were general. In one hundred and fifty-six, there were none. Where there were none, card playing and other indoor games took their place. This invited gambling abuses, it was inferred.</p><p>“War Miscellanies. Interesting Army Statistics,” <i>Springfield</i><i> [MA] Republican</i>, January 25, 1862. Accessed via Genealogybank, 5/21/09. <b>None: </b>is it worth inspecting the report itself in search of further detail? It is not available online in May 2009. </p>
|Headline=Hitting Creighton: Patience Pays
|Salience=3
|Salience=2
|Tags=Civil War
|Tags=Base Ball Stratagems,
|Civil War Number=13
|Location=Greater New York City,
|Country=United States
|State=NY
|City=NYC
|Game=Base Ball,
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>"The question will naturally be asked, how came the Unions to score so well against Creighton's pitching? and the reply is, that they waited until they got a ball to suit them, Creighton delivering, on an average, 20 or 30 balls to each striker in four of the six innings played."</p>
|Sources=<p><em>New York Sunday Mercury</em>, Aug. 2, 1862</p>
|Comment=<p>The report goes on to disclose the secrets of Creighton's success as a pitcher. The Union of Morrisania club had defeated Creighton and the Excelsior of South Brooklyn, 12-4.</p>
|Submitted by=Bob Tholkes
|Submission Note=3/11/2014
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Coordinates=40.7127837, -74.0059413
}}
}}

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Hitting Creighton: Patience Pays

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Base Ball Stratagems
Location Greater New York City
City/State/Country: NYC, NY, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

"The question will naturally be asked, how came the Unions to score so well against Creighton's pitching? and the reply is, that they waited until they got a ball to suit them, Creighton delivering, on an average, 20 or 30 balls to each striker in four of the six innings played."

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New York Sunday Mercury, Aug. 2, 1862

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The report goes on to disclose the secrets of Creighton's success as a pitcher. The Union of Morrisania club had defeated Creighton and the Excelsior of South Brooklyn, 12-4.

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