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Cummings' Curve Curtails Crimson's Clouting
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Harvard CollegeHarvard College |
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| City/State/Country: | Cambridge, MA, USA |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
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| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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| Text | Candy Cummings claimed that he first used his curve ball in a game against Harvard College on Oct. 7, 1867 |
| Sources | Pestana, Mark, in Felber, Bill, Ed., Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (2013), pp. 60-61 |
| Warning | There are many issues with any individual claim to invention of the curve ball. |
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1867.4 Cummings' Curve Curtails Crimson's Clouting"
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