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First Scholastic Play?

Salience Noteworthy
Tags College
Location Greater New York City
City/State/Country: Hoboken, NJ, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Youth
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"The young gentlemen of the Free Academy have formed themselves into two clubs, called the O. G.'s and Q. P. D.'s-- (Query, the Cupidities?) They had a day's play recently at Hoboken, when the O. G.'s-- probably "Old Greys"-- won, scoring 21 runs to 17 of their opponents."

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Porter's Spirit of the Times, Nov. 8, 1856.

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Submitted by Craig Waff
Submission Note 5/1/2010



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