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Baseball's Beginnings at U Penn?

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Location	PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
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Text	"Baseball was first played by Penn students before the Civil War when the University was still located at its Ninth Street campus. The game was probably played casually by students in the 1850s."
Sources	http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/baseball/1800s/hist1.html, as accessed 1/3/2008. No reference is supplied.
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Comment	This is not a reference to the "Penn Tigers" BBC, which appears to be a social club of adults. Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Is there some way to discover the documentary basis for this report? Edit with form to add a query
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 |Sources=<p><a href="http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/baseball/1800s/hist1.html">http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/baseball/1800s/hist1.html</a>, as accessed 1/3/2008. No reference is supplied.</p>
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-|Comment=<p>Could this be a reference to the "Penn Tigers" BBC?</p>
+|Comment=<p>This is not a reference to the "Penn Tigers" BBC, which appears to be a social club of adults.</p>
 |Query=<p>Is there some way to discover the documentary basis for this report?</p>
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