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|Headline=Late Surge Lifts Douglas' over Abe Lincoln's Side in Chicago IL
|Headline=Late Surge Lifts Douglas' over Abe Lincoln's Side in Chicago IL
|Year=1860
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|Text=<p>"Base Ball and Politics. - We do not approve of their thus being brought into contact, but as a match took place at Chicago on the 24<sup>th</sup> ult., between nine [Stephen] Douglas me and nine [Abe] Lincoln men of the Excelsior Club, we feel in duty bound to report it."  Tied after eight innings, the outcome was not prophetic for the ensuing election:  Douglas 16, Lincoln 14.  <u>The Clipper</u> ("July 1860" noted in hand on clipping).  Facsimile provided from the Mears Collection scrapbooks by Craig Waff, September 2008.</p>
|Text=<p>"Base Ball and Politics. - We do not approve of their thus being brought into contact, but as a match took place at Chicago on the 24<sup>th</sup> ult., between nine [Stephen] Douglas me and nine [Abe] Lincoln men of the Excelsior Club, we feel in duty bound to report it."  Tied after eight innings, the outcome was not prophetic for the ensuing election:  Douglas 16, Lincoln 14.  <u>The Clipper</u> ("July 1860" noted in hand on clipping).  Facsimile provided from the Mears Collection scrapbooks by Craig Waff, September 2008.</p>
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"Base Ball and Politics. - We do not approve of their thus being brought into contact, but as a match took place at Chicago on the 24th ult., between nine [Stephen] Douglas me and nine [Abe] Lincoln men of the Excelsior Club, we feel in duty bound to report it." Tied after eight innings, the outcome was not prophetic for the ensuing election: Douglas 16, Lincoln 14. The Clipper ("July 1860" noted in hand on clipping). Facsimile provided from the Mears Collection scrapbooks by Craig Waff, September 2008.

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