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|Game=Base Ball
|Game=Base Ball
|Age of Players=Adult
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>&nbsp;[A] "The <em>Sunday Mercury</em> reportedly began coverage in April or May of&nbsp;[1853]."&nbsp;</p>
|Text=<p>&nbsp;[A] "The <em>Sunday Mercury</em> reportedly began coverage on May 1,of&nbsp;1853]"&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>[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;[C] <em>Spirit of the Times</em> began to cover cricket in 1837 . . . .&nbsp; Not until July 9, 1853, however, did it give notice to a baseball match . . . the same one noted in the fledgling <em>[New York] Clipper</em> one week later."</p>
<p>&nbsp;[C] <em>Spirit of the Times</em> began to cover cricket in 1837 . . . .&nbsp; Not until July 9, 1853, however, did it give notice to a baseball match . . . the same one noted in the fledgling <em>[New York] Clipper</em> one week later."</p>
|Sources=<p>[A] Email from Bob Tholkes, 2/12/2010.</p>
|Sources=<p>[A] Email from Bob Tholkes, 2/12/2010 and 2/18/2012.</p>
<p>[B]William Ryczek, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball's First Inning</span> (McFarland, 2009), page 163.</p>
<p>[B]William Ryczek, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball's First Inning</span> (McFarland, 2009), page 163.</p>
<p>[C] Joh Thorn, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball in the Garden of Eden</span> (Simon and Shuster, 2011), page 104.</p>
<p>[C] John Thorn, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball in the Garden of Eden</span> (Simon and Shuster, 2011), page 104.</p>
|Query=<p>Has someone already analyzed the relative role of assorted papers in the first baseball boom?</p>
|Query=<p>Has someone already analyzed the relative role of assorted papers in the first baseball boom?</p>
|Submitted by=Bob Tholkes
|Submitted by=Bob Tholkes

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 [A] "The Sunday Mercury reportedly began coverage on May 1,of 1853]" 

[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."

 [C] Spirit of the Times began to cover cricket in 1837 . . . .  Not until July 9, 1853, however, did it give notice to a baseball match . . . the same one noted in the fledgling [New York] Clipper one week later."

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[A] Email from Bob Tholkes, 2/12/2010 and 2/18/2012.

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

[C] John Thorn, Baseball in the Garden of Eden (Simon and Shuster, 2011), page 104.

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