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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1860 | |||
|Year Number=23 | |||
|Headline=NY Game Gets to ME | |Headline=NY Game Gets to ME | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=College | |Tags=College, | ||
|Text=<p>"The first < | |Location=New England, | ||
<p>Anderson, Will, < | |Country=United States | ||
|State=ME | |||
|City=Topsham | |||
|Modern Address=Grandstands Rd., Topsham, ME | |||
|Game=Base Ball, | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective | |||
|Age of Players=Youth | |||
|Text=<p>"The first <em>documented</em> game of baseball to actually be played in Maine took place on October 10, 1860. . . . that October saw the Sunrise Club of Brunswick host the senior class team of Bowdoin [College] at the Topsham Fair Grounds."</p> | |||
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|Sources=<p>Anderson, Will, <span>Was Baseball Really Invented in Maine?</span> (Will Anderson, Publisher, Portland, 1992), page 1. Anderson appears to rely on <em>The Brunswick Telegraph</em>, October 12, 1860.</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>Topsham Fair Grounds are 1 1/2 miles from Brunswick, across the Androscoggin River</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
|Coordinates=43.9266725, -69.9527487 | |||
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Tags | CollegeCollege |
Location | New EnglandNew England |
City/State/Country: | Topsham, ME, United States |
Modern Address | Grandstands Rd., Topsham, ME |
Game | Base BallBase Ball |
Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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Text | "The first documented game of baseball to actually be played in Maine took place on October 10, 1860. . . . that October saw the Sunrise Club of Brunswick host the senior class team of Bowdoin [College] at the Topsham Fair Grounds."
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Sources | Anderson, Will, Was Baseball Really Invented in Maine? (Will Anderson, Publisher, Portland, 1992), page 1. Anderson appears to rely on The Brunswick Telegraph, October 12, 1860. |
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Comment | Topsham Fair Grounds are 1 1/2 miles from Brunswick, across the Androscoggin River Edit with form to add a comment |
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