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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1857
|Year Number=25
|Headline=Season Opens in Boston with Olympics Victory
|Headline=Season Opens in Boston with Olympics Victory
|Year=1857
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Text=<p>"OPENING OF THE SEASON IN BOSTON. Our young friends in Boston have stolen a march upon New York, in the matter of Base Ball, having taken the lead in initiating the sport for 1857, by playing an exciting game on Boston Common on the 14<sup>th</sup> inst. The following report of the match we copy from the Boston <u>Daily Chronicle</u>." <u>The Spirit of the</u> Times, Volume 27, number 16 (Saturday, May 30, 1857), page 182, column 1].  Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.</p>
|Country=US
<p>The <u>Daily Chronicle</u> report described a best of three games, games decided at 25 tallies, twelve-man, one-out-side-out match between the Olympics and Bay State. The Olympics won, 25-12 and 25-13, the second game taking 14 innings. The "giver" and catcher for each club were named.   In otherwise identical coverage, the <u>New York Clipper</u> [hand-noted as "May" in the Mears clipping book] added that the Bay State club had afterward challenged the Olympics to re-match involving eight-player teams.   A later <u>Clipper</u> item [date unspecified in clipping book] reported that on May 28, 1857, the Olympics won the follow-up match, 16-25, 25-21, and 25-8</p>
|State=MA
|City=Boston
|Game=Base Ball,
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>"OPENING OF THE SEASON IN BOSTON. Our young friends in Boston have stolen a march upon New York, in the matter of Base Ball, having taken the lead in initiating the sport for 1857, by playing an exciting game on Boston Common on the 14<sup>th</sup> inst. The following report of the match we copy from the Boston <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Daily Chronicle</span>."&nbsp;</p>
<p>The <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Daily Chronicle</span> report described a best of three games, games decided at 25 tallies, twelve-man, one-out-side-out match between the Olympics and Bay State. The Olympics won, 25-12 and 25-13, the second game taking 14 innings. The "giver" and catcher for each club were named. In otherwise identical coverage, the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Clipper</span> [hand-noted as "May" in the Mears clipping book] added that the Bay State club had afterward challenged the Olympics to re-match involving eight-player teams. A later <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Clipper</span> item [date unspecified in clipping book] reported that on May 28, 1857, the Olympics won the follow-up match, 16-25, 25-21, and 25-8</p>
|Sources=<p><span>The Spirit of the</span>&nbsp;Times, Volume 27, number 16 (Saturday, May 30, 1857), page 182, column 1]. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=25
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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"OPENING OF THE SEASON IN BOSTON. Our young friends in Boston have stolen a march upon New York, in the matter of Base Ball, having taken the lead in initiating the sport for 1857, by playing an exciting game on Boston Common on the 14th inst. The following report of the match we copy from the Boston Daily Chronicle." 

The Daily Chronicle report described a best of three games, games decided at 25 tallies, twelve-man, one-out-side-out match between the Olympics and Bay State. The Olympics won, 25-12 and 25-13, the second game taking 14 innings. The "giver" and catcher for each club were named. In otherwise identical coverage, the New York Clipper [hand-noted as "May" in the Mears clipping book] added that the Bay State club had afterward challenged the Olympics to re-match involving eight-player teams. A later Clipper item [date unspecified in clipping book] reported that on May 28, 1857, the Olympics won the follow-up match, 16-25, 25-21, and 25-8

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The Spirit of the Times, Volume 27, number 16 (Saturday, May 30, 1857), page 182, column 1]. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.

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