Early baseball in Ohio/Game 5
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Location | Ohio |
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Year | 1866 |
Month | 9 |
Date | 8 |
City | Cincinnati |
State | OH |
Country | US |
Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
Played by | Locals |
Team 1 | Live Oak (Cincinnati) |
Team 2 | Eagle (Brooklyn, KY) |
Team 1 Score | 52 |
Team 2 Score | 12 |
Found by | Larry McCray |
Henry Ellard, in Base Ball in Cincinnati (McFarland, 2004), pages 20-21, describes this game as "the first match game of base ball ever played in Cincinnati." [page 20].
He also notes, however, that one of the visiting side batted one-handed using an 18-inch bat. [page 21].
Ellard does not provide the original source for his account.
Query: can we find that source?