1867.22

Eureka! A press credential

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Antedated Firsts, Newspaper CoverageAntedated Firsts, Newspaper Coverage
Location	USUS
City/State/Country:	Newark, NJ, [[]]
Modern Address
Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
Holiday
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Text	"The plan introduced by the Eureka Club of having tickets for the regular reporters of the press, none other to occupy seats near the scorer, should be adopted by all our clubs and public ground proprietors."
Sources	New York Sunday Mercury, June 23, 1867
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Comment	As of March 2021, this appears to be the earliest reference to a right -- in the form of special tickets -- to exclusive seating being bestowed to reporters. Peter Morris discusses press coverage arrangements in Morris, A Game of Inches (Ivan Dee, 2006), section 14.5.3, pp 403 ff. He cites two Henry Chadwick sources of press areas in 1867 at the Brooklyn Union Grounds and later the Capitoline and Irvington grounds. Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Are earlier cases known? Is it known whether these press accommodations were normally granted by a ball club, like the Eureka, or by the owner of the ballfield? Edit with form to add a query
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Submitted by	Bob Tholkes
Submission Note	3/11/2021
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