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|First Newspaper Mention=1865/05/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|Headline=Base Ball in Pittsburgh PA |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Tyrone

|First Newspaper Mention=1866/01/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year

|State=PA |City=Sadsbury

|Headline=PA Base Ball Moves Beyond Philadelphia |State=PA

|Name=Club of Titusville v Erie (PA) BBC in 1862 |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Claysville

|State=PA |City=West Alexander

|State=PA |City=New Cumberland

|State=PA |City=Harrisburg

|First Newspaper Mention=1866/01/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year

|Name=Club of Somerset, PA |State=PA

|First Newspaper Mention=1865/05/06 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|Headline=Carlisle PA Bans Playing Ball |State=PA

|Headline=“Sky-ball”, “Cat and Ball” Remembered in Southern PA |Location=Cumberland County PA

|First Newspaper Mention=1866/01/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year

|Title=A Century of Philadelphia Cricket |Author=Lester, J. A.

|State=PA |City=Mauch Chunk

|Name=Burlington Club of Burlington, PA |State=PA

|Name=Club of Fairfield, PA |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Springfield

|State=PA |City=Sunbury

|Headline=11th MA and 26th PA Play by Mass Game Rules for $50 a Side. |City=Falmouth

|Headline=PA Unit Tries Cricket and Base-ball |City=Newport News

|State=PA |City=West Chester

|State=PA |City=Petroleum Center

|Title=A History of Scranton Professional Baseball 1865-1953 |Is in library=No

|State=PA |City=Altoona

|State=PA |City=Hanover

|State=PA |City=Media

|Headline=Ball-Playing at Marshall College in PA |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Hazelwood

|State=PA |City=Columbia

|Name=In West Chester Circa 1827 |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Erie

|State=PA |City=Reading

|Name=Republicans v Democrats in Wellsboro on 5 May 1860 |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Canonsburg

|Headline=Early Use of the Term "Town Ball" in <i>NY Clipper</i> |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Port Matilda

|State=PA |City=Titusville

|State=PA |City=Brookville

|State=PA |City=Lampeter

...ion. Philadelphia, Boston, and this city have been invited to cooperating in the plan, and the proposition it is believed will be favorably received. N <p>The formation of a new association entirely distinct from the League meets with considerable f

|Name=in Harrisburg in October 1860 |State=PA

|First Newspaper Mention=1866/08/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|Name=Union Club of Washington, PA |State=PA

|Headline=196th PA plays ball in Baltimore |City=Baltimore

|State=PA |City=Gettysburg

|Name=Mahoning Club of Warren v Peerless Club of Sharon, PA in August 1866 |City=Warren

|Title=A Reconstruction of Philadelphia Town Ball |Is in library=Yes

|State=PA |City=Huntingdon

|Headline=State Championship Base Ball Game in PA |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Merion

|State=PA |City=Haverford

|State=PA |City=New Castle

|State=PA |City=Mifflin

{{Other First |Name=First Reported Scholastic Cricket Clubs

...en ropemakers whose ball play is cited in “A Word Fitly Spoken,” published in <u>The American Sunday School Magazine</u> of January 1830, pp. 3-5.</p>

|State=PA |City=Renova

|State=PA |City=Osceola

|Headline=Played ball "in a new way" |City=Falmouth

|First Newspaper Mention=1866/01/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year

|State=PA |City=Allegheny

|Title=Base Ball in Philadelphia: A History of the Early Game, 1831-1900 |Is in library=Yes

|State=PA |City=York

{{Other First |Name=First Black-White Game

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|Name=Base Ball Club of Pithole City |State=PA

|Name=In West Newton |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Waynesburg

|State=PA |City=State College

|State=PA |City=Uniontown

|Headline=Throwback Game of Cat-and-Dog Seen in Pittsburgh |State=PA

|Headline=Pro Players Disparaged in Newspapers As Worthless, Dissipated, Buyable |City=Titusville PA, New York NY

|State=PA |City=Gettysburg

|State=PA |City=Allentown

|State=PA |City=Towanda

|City= ...ition up here, it is the time of year [March] to play ball. I think it was a great pity that we couldn't teach these lazy rascals to play that beautiful

|City=Morgantown ...the Agricultural College (soon to be the U of WV) started a baseball team in the Spring of 1868. This would appear to be the Woodburn BBC which played t

|State=PA |City=Green Tree

|Name=In Germantown on 9 September 1857 |State=PA

|Name=City Item Club of Philadelphia |Club Name=City Item

|Location=Philadelphia, PA, |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|State=PA |City=Titusville

{{Other First |Name=First Inter-Racial Game

|Name=In Wilkes-Barre in 1834 |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|Name=In Pittsburgh in 1853 |State=PA

|Name=In Pittsburgh in 1830 |State=PA

|Title=Charley Fulmer a theatrical manager ...managing the Wellesley and Sterling Dramatic Combination, and was in this city march 14 on business connected with that organization.</p>

...he Athletics from 1871 to 1877, inclusive, and also with the Philadelphias in 1873, ‘74, ‘75. The history of the ground during the fourteen seasons

|State=PA |City=Williamsport

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|State=PA |City=Williamsport

|Headline=Soldiers&#39; Christmas in Virginia - Ballplaying "on Many a Hillside" |City=Fredericksburg

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|Headline=America's First Interclub Ballgame, in Philadelphia |City=Camden

|Title=the catcher borrows a chest protector ...breast protector brought along by Alexander [of the Kansas City] (Chester, Pa.) Delaware County Times July 11, 1884</p>

|Headline=Cat, Town and Corner Ball recalled in Pittston |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Allegheny

...=1883 Account Reflects on Details of "Town Ball" Played Decades Earlier in PA |State=PA

{{Other First |Name=First Mention of Hand Protection in Baseball

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|Headline=First Tour of English Eleven to US and Canada |State=PA

|Name=in Cape Town in 1897 |City=Cape Town

|Headline=The First Uniforms in US Baserunning Games? |State=PA

|Name=Faugh-a-Ballagh Club of Philadelphia |Club Name=Faugh-a-Ballagh

|Headline=In Thick Gloves All Encased |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|Headline=Cricket and Town Ball Recalled in Philadelphia PA |City=

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|Name=Hunkidori Club of Wheeling v Union Club of Washington in August 1866 |City=Wheeling

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

...ple. The Metropolitans won easily by 19 to 6. Williams, who led off with a three-bagger, scored three of the six runs credited to the Orions.</p>

|City=Washington ...r from a soldier in the 214th PA Infantry, stationed at Sherbourn Barracks in Washington, saying that they'd formed the Eight Union League BBC and play f

...from the Wakefield Mills Cricket Club challenging 'the best eleven in the city to play two home-and-home games for from $50 to $100.'"</p> ...ester, <u>A Century of Philadelphia Cricket</u> [UPenn Press, Philadelphia PA, 1951], page 15.</p>

|Tags=Ball in the Culture, Civil War, |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Harrisburg

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|Name=In Philadelphia in 1834 |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Lower Merion

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Lancaster

|Headline=Philadelphia Man Interested in Forming MA Game Club |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

{{Other First |Name=First Enclosed Ballpark

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|Headline=Inter-Racial Game in Philadelphia |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|Name=Pottsville Cricket Club in July 1858 |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Gettysburg

|State=PA |City=Altoona

|Headline=Early African American Club in Philly Plays Initial Game Agains Albany Visitors |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

{{Other First |Name=First Baseball Tournaments

|State=PA |City=Carlisle

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Towanda

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

...ant, he thought delay in this matter would repay the city. Mr. Hanna read a letter from John I. Rogers, one of the directors of the Athletics, of which ...agement to the American Olympiad by postponing for a few years the sale of a small piece of suburban territory. There is not American institution that

...lips will run a first-class club in the Quaker City next season, backed by a number of influential citizens and supporters of the national game, includi ...give it its old-time prestige in base-ball by having one of the best clubs in the country. The Item Philadelphia October 2, 1881</p>

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Reading

|Headline=The First Enclosed Ballpark |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

...ght that this suit will be a most important one, and that it will serve as a precedent and guide to future contemplated measures of the Union Associatio <p>baseball not a business, players not laborers in bankruptcy</p>

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|City=Hamburg ...b is debating whether to accept a challenge that has been sent from a club in Hamburg, Germany." The Oct. 18 report specified that the recipient club was

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|City=Cape May ...; and to see a game of "town ball" played, awakens a desire to participate in the enjoyment . . . ."</p>

|Headline=Shinty Played in Hoboken |City=Hoboken

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|State=PA |City=Reading

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Carlisle

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Birmingham

|Name=First National Club of Philadelphia |Club Name=First National

|State=PA |City=Waynesboro

|State=PA |City=Germantown

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Allegheny

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|Headline="Cavalry Base Ball" Illustration Printed in Pittsburgh |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Scranton

|State=PA |City=Allegheny

|Name=In Pittsburgh Circa 1838 |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|City=Addison |Description=<p>The&nbsp;<em>Steuben Courier</em>, July 9, 1862 reports on a base ball game on the field of the Monitors of Corning, between the Creight

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=York

|State=PA |City=Allegheny

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|Name=In Monroe in 1849 |State=IN

|Name=Quaker City Club of Philadelphia |Club Name=Quaker City

|State=PA |City=Williamsport

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

...H. Diddelbock, official scorer of the Philadelphia Club, is most prominent in the new enterprise. Philadelphia Record September 9, 1883</p> ...ne. Representatives from these clubs will meet at Earle's Hotel, New York city, on September 25, to effect an organization. Philadelphia Record September

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|Headline=In Virginia, Two PA Regiments Play “Great Base Ball Game” |City=Culpeper

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|City=Alexandria ...iting to be mustered out of service, soldiers of the 186th New York played a team from the 51st Pennsylvania. According to the article, the 186th won so

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|Headline=Boom in Base Ball Travel |State=PA

|Name=in Addis Ababa Circa 1935 |City=Addis Ababa

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|Location=Philadelphia, PA, |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|Headline=They Do It Differently in Philadelphia |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Easton

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Valley Forge

|State=PA |City=Allegheny

|Location=Philadelphia, Greater New York City, |State=NY, PA

|Headline=Colored Clubs Play in Philly: Frederick Douglass Attends a Game |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|Headline=51st Pennsylvania Plays Ball 1862-1864 in VA, KY, MD, Sometimes Daily. |City=

|State=PA |City=Mauch Chunk

|City=Ashtabula ...Ashtabula had a team on the field. They hosted the Painesville 'Athletics' in early September." Baseball on Western Reserve book.</p>

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

...bs were filed, and will be acted upon at the regular meeting of the League in December next. New York Clipper September 30, 1882</p> ...hat they will remain there next season in preference to going to any other city. New York Clipper September 30, 1882</p>

|State=IN |City=New Albany

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|Name=Allegheny v Pittsburgh in Allegheny on 9 October 1857 |State=PA

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

|State=PA |City=Allegheny

|State=PA |City=Philadelphia

...ness at Falls River, Mass., which nets him each year more than he can make in the base ball profession.</p> <p>Carpenter as a rule devotes the winter months entirely to hunting and fishing.</p>

|Location=PA, VA ...below.&nbsp; It appears to have been played at times from the 1850s-1890s in locations outside the northeast US:</p>

|Headline=A Ball Club Forms in Philadelphia; It Later Adopts Base Ball, and Lasts to 1887 |State=PA

! City/Town Playing Field | <p>Germantown, Pa.</p> <p>The old “School Lot”</p>

|Description=<p>For a recent description of Cat/Old-Cat, see&nbsp;<strong>Supplemental Text below ...nts based on the distance from the circle to the where the hit ball lands. A version described by Newell[39] allows the batter to elevate and hit any ca

|Description=A Source-Based Description of Town Ball Play ...tial December 2012 draft. Send us information on omissions and errors for a second draft.'''