Search by property

This page provides a simple browsing interface for finding entities described by a property and a named value. Other available search interfaces include the page property search, and the ask query builder.

List of results

• 1851.4  + (<p>This entry appears to be in error … <p>This entry appears to be in error caused by a mistake in binding local newspapers, and the cited <em>Telegraph</em> article may have appears as late as 1880.</p></br><p>From a 5/24/2013 email to Protoball from Bruce Allardice: </p></br><p>I've found proof that the 1939 WPA report on an 1851 game between Lockport and Joliet is incorrect. Below is what I've added to the Lockport entry in protoball:</p></br><p> "The book "19th Century Baseball in Chicago" (Rucker and Fryer) p. 13 asserts that the Lockport <em>Telegraph</em> of Aug. 6, 1851 reported on a game between the Hunkidoris of Joliet and the Sleepers of Lockport. The book credits a 1939 WPA report on early Chicago area baseball for this.</p></br><p>The authors are correct in what the 1939 report said. However, the 1939 report was incorrect. I talked to the librarian at the Lockport Public Library who told me that the 8-6-51 issue of the Telegraph was mistakenly bound with a newspaper from many years later, and that the Hunkidoris game article is from a newspaper 30 years later."</p></br><p>I also looked at a microfilm copy of the 8-6-51 issue of the Lockport newspaper, and found no mention of baseball.</p></br><p>Too bad, If it had been true, it would have been the first verified baseball game outside the New York area.</p></br><p>The librarian (now retired, and volunteering at the Will County Historical Society) is familiar with the issue, but can't remember what newspaper or date the Hunkidori game was mentioned in.</p></br><p> </p>y Historical Society) is familiar with the issue, but can't remember what newspaper or date the Hunkidori game was mentioned in.</p> <p> </p>)

• 1851.4  +