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|Text=<p>"Town Ball at Evansville, Ind. - A match of Town Ball was contested between the married and single members of the Evansville [IN] Town Ball Club, on the 26<sup>th</sup> ult. [5-inning box score is presented.] The correspondent, to whom we are indebted for the above report, says that the rules and regulations of the game of town ball, vary a great deal. There, an innings is not concluded until <i>all</i> are out . . . The club, it is thought, will adopt base ball rules, such as are played in the East." <u>New York</u> <u>Clipper</u> (date omitted from scrapbook source; a rough date of May 1860 is inferred from placement of item in scrapbook [page 27]). Facsimile from the Mears Collection provided by Craig Waff, September 2008. Evansville is in southernmost IN, near the Kentucky border.</p> | |Text=<p>"Town Ball at Evansville, Ind. - A match of Town Ball was contested between the married and single members of the Evansville [IN] Town Ball Club, on the 26<sup>th</sup> ult. [5-inning box score is presented.] The correspondent, to whom we are indebted for the above report, says that the rules and regulations of the game of town ball, vary a great deal. There, an innings is not concluded until <i>all</i> are out . . . The club, it is thought, will adopt base ball rules, such as are played in the East." <u>New York</u> <u>Clipper</u> (date omitted from scrapbook source; a rough date of May 1860 is inferred from placement of item in scrapbook [page 27]). Facsimile from the Mears Collection provided by Craig Waff, September 2008. Evansville is in southernmost IN, near the Kentucky border.</p> | ||
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All-Out-Side-Out Town Ball Played in Indiana
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| Text | "Town Ball at Evansville, Ind. - A match of Town Ball was contested between the married and single members of the Evansville [IN] Town Ball Club, on the 26th ult. [5-inning box score is presented.] The correspondent, to whom we are indebted for the above report, says that the rules and regulations of the game of town ball, vary a great deal. There, an innings is not concluded until all are out . . . The club, it is thought, will adopt base ball rules, such as are played in the East." New York Clipper (date omitted from scrapbook source; a rough date of May 1860 is inferred from placement of item in scrapbook [page 27]). Facsimile from the Mears Collection provided by Craig Waff, September 2008. Evansville is in southernmost IN, near the Kentucky border. |
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1860. All-Out-Side-Out Town Ball Played in Indiana"
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