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{{Chronology Entry |Year=1863 |Headline=New York Soldier Seeks Baserunning Rule from Clipper |Text=<p>“A sergeant from the 62<sup>nd</sup> N.Y. Volunteers wrote to the <u>New York Clipper</u> sporting weekly on May 30 of 1863 to clarify the rules as he knew them: ‘That in making a home run in a game of baseball the runner is allowed to run 2’ either side of the bases without touching them. I claim that he is obligated to touch each base as he passes it; . . . To play now in N.Y. is to touch the base in all cases; so that the matter is settled, and the rules can now be interpreted correctly.’”</p><p>Patricia Millen, <u>From Pastime to Passion: Baseball and the Civil War</u> (Heritage Books,2001), page 20. The 62<sup>nd</sup> NY, recruited from New York City, had fought at Chancellorsville in early May, sustaining its heaviest casualties, and Gettysburg was a month ahead. <b>Note: </b>can we obtain the article? </p> |Salience=3 |Tags=Civil War |External Number=80 |Reviewed=Yes |Year Number=46 }}
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