Editing Early baseball in China/Club 1
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+ | There is "proof baseball existed in China as early as the 1860s. . . . The [Shanghai] rowing club was founded on May 1, 1863 . . . . And details about a loan the club took out that year make it clear that the Shanghai Base Ball Club was in existence already – a full decade before the date generally accepted for the first baseball game in Japan." | ||
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Joseph A. Reaves, China: Silk Gowns and Gold Gloves, in G. Gmelch, Baseball Without Borders (U Nebraska Press, 2006), page 50. | Joseph A. Reaves, China: Silk Gowns and Gold Gloves, in G. Gmelch, Baseball Without Borders (U Nebraska Press, 2006), page 50. | ||
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