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Oswego plays Old Fashioned Base Ball as their grandfathers played

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Throwback Games
City/State/Country: Utica, NY, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text The Utica Daily Observer, Aug. 17, 1868 reports a game of "Old Fashioned Base Ball" that was played, 15 a side, to 100 runs, with one side winning 100-73. The newspaper calls it "base ball as it was played in our grand-fathers days."
Sources The Utica Daily Observer, Aug. 17, 1868
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