Other firsts in baseball/Event 16

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Year	1873
Month	8
Date	8
City	Little Rock
State	AR
Country	USA
Description	First mention of Negro Baseball in Arkansas
Found by	Caleb Hardwick

The Arkansas Gazette reported on August 8th, 1873:

"A serious misunderstanding occurred last Sunday in a game of baseball among the colored boys when one of them struck the other with a bat. The lick did not break the skin, but appears to have paralyzed the boy, who died on Thursday night. The name of the boy is Phil. Hanley."

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Arkansas Gazette, August 8th, 1873

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