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Philly Paper Lists Betting Odds for US Championship Match in Brooklyn
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Championship Games, GamblingChampionship Games, Gambling |
| Location | Brooklyn, NYBrooklyn, NY |
| City/State/Country: | Brooklyn, NY, United States |
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| Game | BaseballBaseball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | "The Athletic Base Ball Club [of Philadelphia]has again been defeated, making the sixth thrashing [of 11-10] which they have received during the present season. This afternoon [September 15] they played on the Union Grounds, in Brooklyn, the deciding game for the championship of the United States, with the Mutual Club . . . . Bets were freely offered prior to the game of a hundred to fifty . . . but even at these heavy odds there were few takers." The crowd was reported as about three thousand persons. |
| Sources | "Another Defeat," Philadelphia Inquirer, September 16, 1870. As reproduced on Richard Hershberger's Facebook posting, September 15, 2020 |
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| Comment | "Note also how the betting line is featured prominently in the account. The baseball press routinely decried the influence of gambling on baseball, while carefully reporting the odds. Consistency was not a priority here. -- Richard Hershberger, 9/15/2020 Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Submission Note | FB posting, 9/15/2020 |
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1870.10 Philly Paper Lists Betting Odds for US Championship Match in Brooklyn"
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