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|State=KY
|State=KY
|Country=US
|Country=US
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|Site=Willow Run Bottom
 
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|Modern-address=Interstate 75
 
|NYBaseball=Yes
|NYBaseball=Yes
|Locals=Locals
|Locals=Locals
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|First=No
|First=No
|Approved=Yes
|Approved=Yes
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|Pagetext="This was the first game ever played in Covington, KY, and it was played near the residence of [captain and catcher] B. W. Foley"
|Pagetext="This was the first game ever played in Covington, KY, and it was played near the residence of [captain and catcher] B. W. Foley"
Henry Ellard, Base Ball in Cincinnati (McFarland, 2004), page 22.  Ellard does not give a source for this account.
Henry Ellard, Base Ball in Cincinnati (McFarland, 2004), page 22.  Ellard does not give a source for this account.
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Ellard's recollection of the location is apparently incorrect.  The Cincinnati Daily Commercial announced that the game would be played "in Willow Run Bottom, at the foot of Eighth Street."  Willow Run Bottom was a popular location for town ball and base ball during the 19th and 20th centuries.
 
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|Sources=Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 15 September 1866
 
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