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- Greg Perkins, December 2008 + (<p><span>Pre-Civil War town ba … <p><span>Pre-Civil War town ball in </span>Cincinnati<span> is the subject of an article by </span>Greg Perkins<span> in the fall 2008 issue of </span><em>Base Ball.</em><span> The article, “The Cincinnati Game: Townball in </span>Cincinnati<span>, 1858-1866,” traces the rise of a distinctive form of town ball (with a hexagonal infield, and with bases 60 feet apart, and with an all-out-side-out rule) before the War.</span><span> </span><span>Covington KY fielded 10 townball clubs, and 28 Cincinnati games received newspaper coverage in summer 1858 alone (average score, 155 to 112, most games lasting four innings, average team size of over 12 players).</span><span> </span><span>Greg, who majored in history at the </span>University<span> of </span>Cincinnati<span>, is now collecting information on Henry M. Millar, a </span>Cincinnati<span> reporter who traveled with the 1869 Red Stockings and later wrote a memoir of the experience.</span></p>; reporter who traveled with the 1869 Red Stockings and later wrote a memoir of the experience.</span></p>)