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|Text=<p>We've noticed two games of five-on-five baseball in the <u>Spirit, starting</u> in 1856. The '56 game matched the East Brooklyn junior teams for the Nationals and the Continentals. The Nationals won 37-10. <u>Spirit of the Times</u>, Volume 26, number 39 (Saturday, November 8, 1856), page 463, column 3. In 1857, an item taken from the <u>Waukesha (WI) Republican</u> of June 6, pitted Carroll College freshmen and "an equal number of residents of this village. They played two games to eleven tallies, and one to 21 tallies. The collegians won all three games. <u>Spirit of the Times</u> Volume 27, number 20 (June 27, 1857), page 234, column 2. Neither account remarks on the team sizes. Other five-on-five matches appeared I 1858. Facsimiles provided by Craig Waff, September 2008. <b>Note: </b> Was 5-player base ball common then? Did it follow special rules? How do 4 fielders cover the whole field?</p> | |Text=<p>We've noticed two games of five-on-five baseball in the <u>Spirit, starting</u> in 1856. The '56 game matched the East Brooklyn junior teams for the Nationals and the Continentals. The Nationals won 37-10. <u>Spirit of the Times</u>, Volume 26, number 39 (Saturday, November 8, 1856), page 463, column 3. In 1857, an item taken from the <u>Waukesha (WI) Republican</u> of June 6, pitted Carroll College freshmen and "an equal number of residents of this village. They played two games to eleven tallies, and one to 21 tallies. The collegians won all three games. <u>Spirit of the Times</u> Volume 27, number 20 (June 27, 1857), page 234, column 2. Neither account remarks on the team sizes. Other five-on-five matches appeared I 1858. Facsimiles provided by Craig Waff, September 2008. <b>Note: </b> Was 5-player base ball common then? Did it follow special rules? How do 4 fielders cover the whole field?</p> | ||
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Five-Player Base Ball Reported in NY, WI
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| Text | We've noticed two games of five-on-five baseball in the Spirit, starting in 1856. The '56 game matched the East Brooklyn junior teams for the Nationals and the Continentals. The Nationals won 37-10. Spirit of the Times, Volume 26, number 39 (Saturday, November 8, 1856), page 463, column 3. In 1857, an item taken from the Waukesha (WI) Republican of June 6, pitted Carroll College freshmen and "an equal number of residents of this village. They played two games to eleven tallies, and one to 21 tallies. The collegians won all three games. Spirit of the Times Volume 27, number 20 (June 27, 1857), page 234, column 2. Neither account remarks on the team sizes. Other five-on-five matches appeared I 1858. Facsimiles provided by Craig Waff, September 2008. Note: Was 5-player base ball common then? Did it follow special rules? How do 4 fielders cover the whole field? |
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