Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Game 1

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Location	Pennsylvania
Year	1859
Date	13
City	Philadelphia
State	PA
Country	US
Was NY rules baseball	Doubtful
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Pennsylvania Tigers (intramural)
Team 1 Score	24
Team 2 Score	23

Not everyone in Philly played town ball. “PENN TIGERS BASE BALL CLUB. – The Two Nines of this club played their first match on Monday, 13th inst, at Philadelphia, Boyce’s party beating Broadhead’s by only one run, the totals being 24 and 23.” Unidentified clipping in the Mears collection; by context it may have appeared in late spring of 1859. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 200

Sources

• Protoball record 1859.38 from

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