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Youths Are "Playing Ball" in San Francisco

Salience Peripheral
Location California
City/State/Country: San Francisco, CA, United States
Age of Players Juvenile, Youth
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"The only reference to any ballplaying activity reported in the SF papers between 1852 and 1860 was a complaint to the editor of the Bulletin by a good Christian on February 13, 1856 who complained about boys and young men plaing ball on the sabbath."

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San Francisco Bulletin, 2/13/1856.

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Submitted by Angus Macfarlane email 12/15/2012



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