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|Year=1860
|Year=1860
|Date-note=Fall
|Date-note=Fall
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|Modern-address=Cincinnati OH
 
|City=Cincinnati
|City=Cincinnati
|State=OH
|State=OH
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Note: Ellard's Baseball describes an unnamed club, one that listed Frost as a player, that started play in 1860, mixing base ball and town ball through the Civil War years.  This club was organized as the Live Oak Club in 1866, "which was really the first baseball club here [in Cincinnati]."  Henry Ellard, Base Ball in Cincinnati (McFarland, 2004), pages 19-22.
Note: Ellard's Baseball describes an unnamed club, one that listed Frost as a player, that started play in 1860, mixing base ball and town ball through the Civil War years.  This club was organized as the Live Oak Club in 1866, "which was really the first baseball club here [in Cincinnati]."  Henry Ellard, Base Ball in Cincinnati (McFarland, 2004), pages 19-22.
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Cincinnati's population in 1860 was over 141,000.  It was the 7th largest US city.
 
Open Issue: it seems unclear whether Frost's club played by Association rules during the War.  Can we learn more?
Open Issue: it seems unclear whether Frost's club played by Association rules during the War.  Can we learn more?
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Henry Ellard, Base Ball in Cincinnati (McFarland, 2004), pages 19-22.
 
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