In St. Louis in 1875

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Date of Game	1875
Game	"base ball"
Location	St. Louis, MO, United States
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Number of Players	Over 40"Over" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
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Description	"On a side note, just found a reference to a game of "base ball" in St. Louis in 1875 that involved "forty or fifty" players. This was played among children at the House of Refuge, which was a home for the orphaned or indigent. Have to assume that this was a game played according to pre-baseball traditions. I think it's unique in that the latest reference to town ball I've found in the St. Louis papers comes during the Civil War - 1861 or so. Based on this, it's possible that these early baseball traditions survived in St. Louis for much longer than I imagined."
Sources	Email from Jeff Kittel, 10/23/2013.
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Submitted by	Jeffrey Kittel
Submission Note	Email of 10/23/2013
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