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|Year=1853 | |Year=1853 | ||
|Year Number=14 | |Year Number=14 | ||
|Headline= | |Headline=Base Ball Hits the Sports Pages? Sunday Mercury, Spirit of the Times Among First to Cover Game Regularly | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Newspaper Coverage, | |||
|Location=Greater New York City, | |||
|Country=United States | |||
|State=NY | |||
|City=NYC | |||
|Game=Base Ball | |Game=Base Ball | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>"On July 9, 1853, < | |Text=<p> [A] "The <em>Sunday Mercury</em> reportedly began coverage on May 1,of 1853]" </p> | ||
<p> </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> | ||
|Sources=<p>William Ryczek, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball's First Inning</span> (McFarland, 2009), page 163.</p> | <p> [C] <em>Spirit of the Times</em> 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 <em>[New York] Clipper</em> one week later."</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>[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> | |||
|Submitted by=Bob Tholkes | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Newspaper CoverageNewspaper Coverage |
| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
| City/State/Country: | NYC, NY, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
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| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | [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." |
| Sources | [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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| Query | Has someone already analyzed the relative role of assorted papers in the first baseball boom? Edit with form to add a query |
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| Submitted by | Bob Tholkes |
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