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Brooklyn Daily Eagle Contrasts Base Ball and Cricket
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Newspaper CoverageNewspaper Coverage |
| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
| City/State/Country: | Brooklyn, NY, United States |
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| Game | Base Ball, CricketBase Ball, Cricket |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
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| Text | "Base ball is the favorite game, as it is more simple in its rules, and a knowledge of them is easily acquired. Cricket is the most scientific of the two and requires more skill and judgment in the use of the bat, especially, than base."
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| Sources | "Cricket and Base Ball," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 22, 1858. |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | Facsimile contributed by Bill Ryczek, December 29, 2009. |
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1858.9 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Contrasts Base Ball and Cricket"
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