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Educatin' the Readers
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Newspaper Coverage, StatisticsNewspaper Coverage, Statistics |
| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
| City/State/Country: | NYC, NY, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | [A] "BALL PLAY. A CORRECT SCORE OF A BASE BALL MATCH.-- We give the following score of the contest between the Atlantic and Star Club, as a sample of how the scores of all first-class matches should be kept, in order that a complete analysis of the player's play may be obtained at the close of the year...We trust that the National Association will present to the next convention some plan of scoring that can be generally adopted, like that of the cricket clubs, which is a complete system...Next season we shall give more space to base ball...In the meantime, we shall present to our readers many interesting articles in reference to the game..." [B] Between February and April, 1860, the Clipper followed uo with a series of six articles on various aspects of the game, from starting a club to playing the positions. [C] Later in the year: "NEW SCORE BOOK.-- We have recently been shown an improved score book for the game of base ball, just published by Messrs. Richardson and McLeod, 106 Maiden-lane. It is a vast improvement on the old score book, and must commend itself to general adoption by base ball clubs, as it contains the rules and regulations of the game as adopted by the National Association of Base Ball Clubs (sic), with admirably arranged columns . The score book is sufficient for one hundred games, at the low price of two dollars."
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| Sources | [A] New York Clipper, Jan. 14, 1860 [B] New York Clipper, Feb. 18, 1860 - April 7, 1860 [C] Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, June 9, 1860. |
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| Comment | The Clipper's effort was part of Henry Chadwick's push to encourage the formation of clubs and make base ball a more "scientific" game, by publishing instructions and collecting statistics. Richardson and McLeod ran a restaurant at 106 Maiden Lane that catered to base ballists. See 1859.66 The instructional material mirrored the "X" Letters published in Porter's Spirit of the Times in 1857-1858. See 1857.42 Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Bob Tholkes |
| Submission Note | 3/17/2014 |
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1860.22 Educatin' the Readers"
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