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"Bat and Ball" featured in Chicago picnic

Salience Noteworthy
City/State/Country: Chicago, IL, United States
Game Bat and Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
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The Chicago Tribune, July 18, 1867 has an ad for the 6th annual St. George's Day picnic. Among the "old English sports" to be played at the picnic are cricket and "trap, bat and ball."

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The Chicago Tribune, July 18, 1867

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