Editing Early baseball in Rhode Island/Club 1
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|Approved=Yes | |Approved=Yes | ||
| - | |Pagetext=[column heading]: Providence Rhode Island Base Ball | + | |Pagetext= |
| + | [column heading]: Providence Rhode Island Base Ball | ||
"We have received notification of the formation of the Aurora Base Ball Club . . . and in accordance with their name, the members meet from 5 to 7 oclock in the morning. They have been out seven times since March, notwithstanding the pluvious state of the atmospheric phenomena this season. Their President is Levi Starback, and Jas. V. Taylor Secretary and Treasurer. We hope they will have finer prospects to greet the blue-eyed goddess of the morn for the future." | "We have received notification of the formation of the Aurora Base Ball Club . . . and in accordance with their name, the members meet from 5 to 7 oclock in the morning. They have been out seven times since March, notwithstanding the pluvious state of the atmospheric phenomena this season. Their President is Levi Starback, and Jas. V. Taylor Secretary and Treasurer. We hope they will have finer prospects to greet the blue-eyed goddess of the morn for the future." | ||
There is no visible hint as to whether the club plays by Massachusetts or New York rules. | There is no visible hint as to whether the club plays by Massachusetts or New York rules. | ||
| - | |Sources=Porter's Spirit of the Times, Saturday, May 9, 1857. Submitted by Gregory Christiano, March 26, 2010. | + | |Sources= |
| + | Porter's Spirit of the Times, Saturday, May 9, 1857. Submitted by Gregory Christiano, March 26, 2010. | ||
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