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Post-War Spread of Baseball Noted

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Ball in the CultureBall in the Culture
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City/State/Country:	Milwaukee, WI, United States
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
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Text	"The Base Ball Mania Since the cruel war was over, the patriotism of our nation's young  men has commenced to manifest itself in the shape of a general  mania--no, not mania, but passion--for the game of base ball, generally  denominated our "national game," with evident propriety, seeing that it  is much better and much more generally played in American than in other  countries. The popularity of base ball was greatly increased,  especially at the West, within the present season. In Wisconsin, where,  three years ago, there was scarcely a club playing anything like the  "regulation" game, there are now probably not less than a hundred  clubs, all in the "full tide of successful operation." Nearly every  country newspaper that we take up contains either an account of a match  between the club of Dodge's Corners and the invincible First Nine of  Smithville, or else a notice for the "Irrepressibles," the "Athletics,"  the "Badgers," or the "Gophers" to turn out for practice on Saturday  afternoon. An immense amount of proper healthy physical exercise if  thus afforded, and a fearful amount of muscle and dexterity developed.  And at the same time the youths who thus disport themselves can have  the satisfaction of realizing that they are practicing at our great  nation's own patriotic game. "
Sources	Milwaukee Sentinel, July 25, 1867, per 19cbb post by Dennis Pajot, Jan. 28, 2010
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Submitted by	Bob Tholkes,
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1867.12 Post-War Spread of Baseball Noted"

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