Editing Early baseball in Missouri/Game 1
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“April 23, 1849 [evidently the day before Cartwright left Independence MO for California] During the past week we have passed the time in fixing the wagon covers, stowing away property etc., varied by hunting , fishing, swimming and playing base-ball. I have the ball and book of Rules with me that we used in forming the Knickerbocker Base-ball Club back home.” | “April 23, 1849 [evidently the day before Cartwright left Independence MO for California] During the past week we have passed the time in fixing the wagon covers, stowing away property etc., varied by hunting , fishing, swimming and playing base-ball. I have the ball and book of Rules with me that we used in forming the Knickerbocker Base-ball Club back home.” | ||
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Caution: The legend is that Cartwright played his way west. Nucciarone, page 30: “[W]hile it’s easy to imagine Cartwright playing baseball when he could and spreading the new game across the country as he went, it’s much more difficult to prove he did this. The evidence is scant and inconsistent.” | Caution: The legend is that Cartwright played his way west. Nucciarone, page 30: “[W]hile it’s easy to imagine Cartwright playing baseball when he could and spreading the new game across the country as he went, it’s much more difficult to prove he did this. The evidence is scant and inconsistent.” | ||
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