1841.9
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County-wide Wicket Challenge Issued Near Rochester NY
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Location | Western New YorkWestern New York |
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| Game | WicketWicket |
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| Text | "A CHALLENGE. The undersigned, Amateur (Wicket) Ball Players, of the Town of Chili, Monroe County, propose, within 20 players, to meet any other Club, or same number of men in this county, and play a game of three ins a side, any time between the first and fifteenth of July next. The game to be played at Chapman's corner, eight miles west from Rochester. . . . Chili, June 24, 1841." RochesterRepublican, June 18, 1841 Noted by Priscilla Astifan, 19CBB posting, 1/28/2007. Priscilla adds: "Pioneer baseball players' [in Rochester] memoirs have mentioned Wicket as one of baseball's early predecessors here and that some of the best pioneer baseball players had been skilled wicket players. |
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1841.9 County-wide Wicket Challenge Issued Near Rochester NY"
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