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Mr. Babcock Shows Base Ball to San Franciscans

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"Allow me to correct an error which appeared in your last issue in relation to the first game of base ball played in California. The game was introduced by Mr. William Babcock of the Atlantic Base Ball Club, of Brooklyn, and was played . . . on the grounds opposite South Park, in the city of San Francisco [CA] on the 10th day of Nov., 1858." A box score is included. It shows W. V. Babcock as batting leadoff, pitching, scoring 3 runs, and also, "[o]wing to the scarcity of parties understanding the game, Mr. Babcock acted as umpire."

"Correspondence. Base Ball in California," Sunday Mercury, January 6, 1861, page 8. Contributed by Bob Tholkes, email of February 7, 2010.

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