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City/State/Country: Milwaukee, WI, United States
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"The Base Ball Mania

Since the cruel war was over, the patriotism of our nation's young 
men has commenced to manifest itself in the shape of a general 
mania--no, not mania, but passion--for the game of base ball, generally 
denominated our "national game," with evident propriety, seeing that it 
is much better and much more generally played in American than in other 
countries. The popularity of base ball was greatly increased, 
especially at the West, within the present season. In Wisconsin, where, 
three years ago, there was scarcely a club playing anything like the 
"regulation" game, there are now probably not less than a hundred 
clubs, all in the "full tide of successful operation." Nearly every 
country newspaper that we take up contains either an account of a match 
between the club of Dodge's Corners and the invincible First Nine of 
Smithville, or else a notice for the "Irrepressibles," the "Athletics," 
the "Badgers," or the "Gophers" to turn out for practice on Saturday 
afternoon. An immense amount of proper healthy physical exercise if 
thus afforded, and a fearful amount of muscle and dexterity developed. 
And at the same time the youths who thus disport themselves can have 
the satisfaction of realizing that they are practicing at our great 
nation's own patriotic game. "

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Milwaukee Sentinel, July 25, 1867, per 19cbb post by Dennis Pajot, Jan. 28, 2010

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