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|Headline="Veterans of 1812" Play OFBB . . . Annually? | |Headline="Veterans of 1812" Play OFBB . . . Annually? | ||
|Year=1860 | |Year=1860 | ||
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|Location=Western New York | |Location=Western New York | ||
|Text=<p>One of the earliest instances of an apparent "throwback" game occurred in August 1860, when a newspaper reported that the "Veterans of 1812" held their "annual Ball play" in the village of Seneca Falls NY, east of Geneva and southeast of Rochester. The "old warriors," after a morning of parading through local streets, marched to a field where "the byes were quickly staked out," sides were chosen, and the local vets "were the winners of the game by two tallies." <u>Seneca Falls</u><u>Reveille</u> (August 18, 1860).</p> | |Text=<p>One of the earliest instances of an apparent "throwback" game occurred in August 1860, when a newspaper reported that the "Veterans of 1812" held their "annual Ball play" in the village of Seneca Falls NY, east of Geneva and southeast of Rochester. The "old warriors," after a morning of parading through local streets, marched to a field where "the byes were quickly staked out," sides were chosen, and the local vets "were the winners of the game by two tallies." <u>Seneca Falls</u><u>Reveille</u> (August 18, 1860).</p> | ||
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Text | One of the earliest instances of an apparent "throwback" game occurred in August 1860, when a newspaper reported that the "Veterans of 1812" held their "annual Ball play" in the village of Seneca Falls NY, east of Geneva and southeast of Rochester. The "old warriors," after a morning of parading through local streets, marched to a field where "the byes were quickly staked out," sides were chosen, and the local vets "were the winners of the game by two tallies." Seneca FallsReveille (August 18, 1860). |
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