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"Veterans of 1812" Play OFBB . . . Annually?
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| Location | Western New YorkWestern New York |
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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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1860. "Veterans of 1812" Play OFBB . . . Annually?"
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