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|Text=<p>"BASE BALL -- A match game of Base Ball was played between&nbsp;the St. John's and Union Clubs (colored) yesterday afternoon.&nbsp; Two innings were played when it commenced to rain.&nbsp; The St. John's Club made ten runs and the Union Club only two.&nbsp; The game is to be played again on Friday at 2 o'clock, on the grounds of he St. John's Club, foot of Chestnut Street."</p>
|Text=<p>"BASE BALL -- A match game of Base Ball was played between&nbsp;the St. John's and Union Clubs (colored) yesterday afternoon.&nbsp; Two innings were played when it commenced to rain.&nbsp; The St. John's Club made ten runs and the Union Club only two.&nbsp; The game is to be played again on Friday at 2 o'clock, on the grounds of the St. John's Club, foot of Chestnut Street."</p>
|Sources=<p><em>Newark Daily Mercury</em>, October 24, 1855.</p>
|Sources=<p><em>Newark Daily Mercury</em>, October 24, 1855.</p>
|Query=<p>Is this the first known report of African American club play of the New York game?</p>
|Query=<p>Is this the first known report of African American club play of the New York game?</p>

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City/State/Country: Newark, NJ, US
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"BASE BALL -- A match game of Base Ball was played between the St. John's and Union Clubs (colored) yesterday afternoon.  Two innings were played when it commenced to rain.  The St. John's Club made ten runs and the Union Club only two.  The game is to be played again on Friday at 2 o'clock, on the grounds of the St. John's Club, foot of Chestnut Street."

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Newark Daily Mercury, October 24, 1855.

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Is this the first known report of African American club play of the New York game?

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Submitted by John Zinn
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