1867.11

Playing the Old-Fashioned Game: 1867

Salience	Peripheral
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Location
City/State/Country:	Paterson, NJ, United States
Modern Address
Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
Holiday
Notables
Text	a detailed account of a game of "old fashioned base ball" between "two select elevens who never played the modern game." "In the old game, it will be remembered, there is a first base about a rod to the right and a little toward the front of where the batter stands; the second base is about twenty rods in front of him, in the centre of the field; the home base is about ten feet to the left of the batter. The person running must be put out by being hit with the ball when he is more than a pace from his pace, etc."
Sources	Paterson Daily Press of August 2, 1867
Warning
Comment	per a 19cbb post by John Zinn, Aug. 9, 2008, "This is only one of about a half dozen accounts of "old fashioned base ball" games in Paterson in 1867. The games typically lasted six innings with eleven on a side." Edit with form to add a comment
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Submitted by	Bob Tholkes,
Submission Note	2/17/2015
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