1857.14
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Sunrise Base Ball
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City/State/Country: | Brooklyn, NY, US |
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Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
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Text | "The Nassau and Charter Oak clubs scheduled three games at 5 a.m. in Brooklyn, apparently to impress players and spectators that 'there is a cheaper and better way to health than to pay doctor's bills.'"
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Sources | Carl Wittke, "Baseball in its Adolescence," Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly, Volume 61, no. 2, April 1952, page 119. Wittke cites Porter's Spirit, July 4, 1857 as his source. |
Warning | Wittke took liberties with his source. The remark quoted in Porter's was at the end of the complete schedule of upcoming matches, and did not refer specifically to the sunrise games. |
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Submission Note | Warning submitted by Robert Tholkes 10/27/2013 |
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1857.14 Sunrise Base Ball"
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