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|Year=1853
|Year=1853
|Year Number=14
|Year Number=14
|Headline=Our Game Hits the Sports Pages?  Gothams v. Knicks, July 1853
|Headline=Base Ball Hits the Sports Pages?  Sunday Mercury, Spirit of the Times Among First to Cover Game Regularly
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Game=Base Ball
|Game=Base Ball
|Age of Players=Adult
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>"On July 9, 1853, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Spirit of the Times</span> mentioned baseball for the first time, printing a letter reporting a game between the Gotham and Knickerbocker Clubs."</p>
|Text=<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>[A] "The <em>Sunday Mercury</em> reportedly began coverage in April or May of&nbsp;[1854]."&nbsp;</p>
<p>[B] "On July 9, 1853, <em>The Spirit of the Times</em> mentioned baseball for the first time, printing a letter reporting a game between the Gotham and Knickerbocker Clubs."</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>William Ryczek, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball's First Inning</span> (McFarland, 2009), page 163.</p>
|Sources=<p>[A] Email from Bob Tholkes, 2/12/2010.</p>
|Query=<p>Do we know comparable dates for other like papers - the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Clipper</span>, the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sunday Mercury</span>, etc? Has someone already analyzed the role of assorted papers in the first baseball boom?</p>
<p>[B]William Ryczek, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball's First Inning</span> (McFarland, 2009), page 163.</p>
|Query=<p>Do we know comparable dates for other like papers - the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Clipper</span>,&nbsp;etc? Has someone already analyzed the relative role of assorted papers in the first baseball boom?</p>
|Submitted by=Bob Tholkes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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Base Ball Hits the Sports Pages? Sunday Mercury, Spirit of the Times Among First to Cover Game Regularly

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[A] "The Sunday Mercury reportedly began coverage in April or May of [1854]." 

[B] "On July 9, 1853, The Spirit of the Times mentioned baseball for the first time, printing a letter reporting a game between the Gotham and Knickerbocker Clubs."

 

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[A] Email from Bob Tholkes, 2/12/2010.

[B]William Ryczek, Baseball's First Inning (McFarland, 2009), page 163.

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Do we know comparable dates for other like papers - the Clipper, etc? Has someone already analyzed the relative role of assorted papers in the first baseball boom?

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