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Base Ball in Pittsburgh PA

Salience Noteworthy
Location Pennsylvania
City/State/Country: Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

"Base Ball in Alleghany. - A match game of base ball was played between the Fort Pitt and Keystone Clubs on the West Common, Alleghany, Pa., on the 26th inst."  

Sources

New York Clipper, Aug. 11, 1860

Comment

Box score provided; it is consistent with the National Association rules. Assuming that "Alleghany" is an alternative spelling for "Allegheny," this game occurred in a town absorbed into Pittsburgh PA in 1907.

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Submission Note September 2008. Facsimile provided from the Mears Collection scrapbooks



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