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|First Name=John D. ...n McGrainger" listed in the Memphis City Directory for 1867, but there was a "John D. Grainger," which is very likely the correct name.</p>

|City=Canberra ...Nov. 2, 1935 reports a baseball practice at the Telopea Park grounds, with a meeting of the Baseball Association planned.</p>

|Location=Greater New York City, |City=NYC

|Name=In Great Barrington in 1851 |City=Great Barrington

|Title=a rumor of players colluding to increase salaries ...t of which is to raise the market value of ball players. The prime movers in this movement, it is said, are Messrs. George and Harry Wright, late of the

|Headline=Competitive "Old-Fashioned" Game Still Alive in Syracuse NY |City=Syracuse

|Headline=Boy Plays Chermany and Prisoner's Base in Petersburg |City=Petersburg

|Date Note=Newcastle issued an open challenge in 1876 to all teams from King County |First Newspaper Mention=1876/07/01

|City=Falmouth ...the ball-players of one regiment or brigade to challenge another regiment or brigade.&rsquo; He added: &lsquo;These matches were watched by great crowds

|City=Alexandria ...ng> Note: </strong>can we find the location of the 1^st Regiment in late 1861? Are there other accounts of this unit that may add details to th

|City=Birmingham ...played under rules allowing "soaking" a runner, and thus was not NY Rules--or at least, not fully NY rules. Plus the score (100) sounds more like the MA

|City=Chattanooga ...thirteen players from our regiment came off this forenoon, the result was in favor of our regiment, the innings stood&nbsp;seventy to eleven, pretty bad

|Title=a move in the AA to split gate receipts; Von der Ahe threatens to join the League ...ms ought to be aided by the more successful ones. The guarantee system is a selfish plan. My opinion is that the clubs should work together for mutual

|City=Woburn ...ed by the Aquila Club, to th4 house of Mr. Lawrence, where they partook of a bountiful collation prepared for the occasion."</p>

|Headline="Old fashioned round ball" Played in Detroit |City=Detroit

...say they will pay the indebtedness of the club at once, and invest $10,000 in order to prepare for next season. Cincinnati Enquirer October 30, 1883</p> ...agement. It si considered certain, however, that he will continue to vote a good block of the stock. Cincinnati Enquirer October 31, 1883</p>

|City=Brooklyn ...ar was a very dull one, this clubs in this locality [Brooklyn] playing but a few matches, and those of no importance."&nbsp; The recent delline:</p>

...to slap the ball into the box closest to the pitcher. If he missed the box or the pitcher catches ball on the fly, it is an out. There is no baserunning. ...two a double, etc, &nbsp;The batter would try to hit the ball low and fast in order to get it past the pitcher.</p>

|City=Richmond ...he organization of a base ball, cricket, or quoit club, with a play ground in the square, would do [to make the clerks less lazy]."</p>

{{Other First |Name=First Game Slated for a Gold Mining Town