Clipping:The New York game and the school-boy game

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Date Saturday, September 1, 1866
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The Susquehanna Club was organized in July, 1865, by about twenty young men of Wilkesbarre; the majority of whom were practically ignorant of base-ball as improved by the National Association, the game of their school-boy days being the only one they were familiar with. It was not long, however, before they acquired the requisite skill, by practice, to place them on an equal footing with other clubs of the State outside of Philadelphia...

Source Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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