Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Club 1

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|Location=Pennsylvania
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|Year=1850
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|Year=1859
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|Date-note=Year is conjecture
|State=PA
|State=PA
|Country=US
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|Submitter=Larry McCray
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From Protoball Entry #1850s.18 -- Baseball’s Beginnings at U Penn?
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“Baseball was first played by Penn students before the Civil War when the University was still located at its Ninth Street campus.  The game was probably played casually by students in the 1850s.”
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http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/baseball/1800s/hist1.html, as accessed 1/3/2008.  No reference is supplied.

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Location Pennsylvania
Year 1859
Note on date Year is conjecture
State PA
Country US
Found by Larry McCray



From Protoball Entry #1850s.18 -- Baseball’s Beginnings at U Penn?

“Baseball was first played by Penn students before the Civil War when the University was still located at its Ninth Street campus. The game was probably played casually by students in the 1850s.”

http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/baseball/1800s/hist1.html, as accessed 1/3/2008. No reference is supplied.

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