Early baseball in Arkansas/Game 7
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Spread of baseball: Home -> Arkansas -> Early baseball in Arkansas/Game 7 |
Location | Arkansas |
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Year | 1873 |
State | Helena |
Country | Arkansas |
Was NY rules baseball | Unknown |
Played by | Locals |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Little Rock Daily Republican, August 8, 1873, reported that “last Saturday” a boy in Helena was killed in a “game of baseball.” The Little Rock Daily Arkansas Gazette, August 12, 1875, reported that there was “not a base-ball club in Helena,” but same July 2, 1876 reported “The people of Helena are growing wild and enthusiastic upon the subject of base ball.”
Sources
Little Rock Daily Republican, August 8, 1873