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|State=PA |Sources=<p>Pittsburgh Commercial, Sept. 11, 1866</p>

...of base ball writers. Miss Black’s contributions have appeared in several Pittsburgh papers, and that she has a thorough knowledge of the National game there ca

|State=PA |Sources=<p>Pittsburgh Commercial, Sept. 11, 1866</p>

|State=PA |Description=<p><em>Pittsburgh Daily Post</em>, Sept. 20, 1860: "The Benedicts and Bachelors of the Allegh

|State=PA ...e PA (1860 pop. about 1,900; 1870 pop. about 6,000) is about 50 miles N of Pittsburgh.</p>

|State=PA ...A] Reporter and Tribune, July 11, 1866 has this club playing the Eureka of Pittsburgh.</p>

|State=PA ...irst baseball team in Uniontown, the Vantage Base Ball Club, was organized in May of 1866 by (among others) Gen. S. M. Baily and Col. Andrew Stewart. Jam

|State=PA ...irst baseball team in Uniontown, the Vantage Base Ball Club, was organized in May of 1866 by (among others) Gen. S. M. Baily and Col. Andrew Stewart. Jam

|State=PA ...1862, under the headline "A Base Ball Club" says a BBC has been organized in that town, and equipment purchased. Membership costs $1.00.</p>

|Headline="Cavalry Base Ball" Illustration Printed in Pittsburgh |State=PA

...re the batter stands, and adds that if the third player catches a hit ball in the air, that player can try to hit the stone, which sends the batter out.< ...layed at Pittsburgh Pa., on the 5th inst., between the Athletics, of South Pittsburgh, and the Enterprise of Mt. Washington.&nbsp; The game was witnessed by a la

...the Agricultural College (soon to be the U of WV) started a baseball team in the Spring of 1868. This would appear to be the Woodburn BBC which played t <p>Wheeling Register, April 24, 1877: "Base .Ball is freely indulged in at the University."</p>

...=1883 Account Reflects on Details of "Town Ball" Played Decades Earlier in PA |State=PA

|Region=Pittsburgh | <p>Alleghany, Pa.</p>

|State=PA |City=Pittsburgh

|Headline=Town-ball Played in Ohio with "Lazarus" Rule ...e recollection of he Senator's special success at ball, his favorite game; in the broad fields of subsequent life he certainly became a 'six maker.'"</p>

...eal of respect must be given to historians who have worked on this subject in the past and their work has been invaluable and inspirational. However, as ...ts were used as an organizing principle and there was a tremendous variety in the way these outs were recorded. Town ball used familiar concepts such as