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Base Ball A Silver Lining

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Ball in the Culture, Civil War, Newspaper Coverage
Location Greater New York City
City/State/Country: Brooklyn, NY, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

[A] "The first base ball match of the season came off yesterday...It was thought that cannon balls would supersede base balls this season-- that our meetings and delightful measures would be exchanged for the pride, pomp, and circumstances of glorious war, but even in their ashes live our wonted fires, and though faint and few, we are fearless still. The event of yesterday is therefore generally regarded as a promising sign of the times."

[B] "THE HOBOKEN BASE BALL CLUBS.-- The ball grounds at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, begin to wear a very lively look...Several important matches are nearly arranged...The return of the Seventh, National Guard, added a reinforcement of some forty members to our prominent base ball clubs."

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[A] Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 6, 1861

[B] Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, June 16, 1861

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Submitted by Bob Tholkes
Submission Note 3/30/2014



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