Early baseball in New York (state)/Game 36

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Location	New York (state)
Year	1860
Month	8
Date	18
City	TRUXTON
State	NY
Country
Was NY rules baseball	Likely
Played by	Locals
Team 1	TRUXTONS
Team 2	PREBLE YOUNG AMERICAS
Team 1 Score	17
Team 2 Score	21
Found by	Tony Kissel

"The Republican Banner" of August 29,1860, listed both team's members, the two umpires, and noted the game was for the Championship of The Ball. It also noted that Harve Blow's two boots were used as Home Bye. Doctor Judson Nelson umpired and he later cared for John J. McGraw's mother before she passed away when John was a boy.

Sources

The Republican Banner, August 29, 1860