Clipping:A lawsuit over a trophy ball

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Date Wednesday, March 24, 1886
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Base ball has been in court again, and again ha the law sustained the noble game. The Court of Common Pleas at New Brunswick, N.J., was the scene of the contest, and the question was as to the ownership of a plain everyday base ball. A suit was brought last Wednesday, by the Clipper base Ball Club against the Buckeyes, both of New Brunswick, to recover a ball the former team won last summer. The Buckeyes put in among its defences the plea that playing for a ball was gambling under the laws of New Jersey. The court refused to allow the defence and ordered the defendants to pay $1 and costs.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

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