Early baseball in the United States (exact location unclear)/Game 1

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Location Unknown (United States)
Year 1848
Month 3
Date 6
State "The West"
Country US
Was NY rules baseball Unknown
Played by Unknown
Team 1 Army?



“Saturday March the 6th. We drilled as before and through the day we play ball and amuse ourselves the best way we can. It is very cool weather and clothing scarce.”

Protoball record 1848.2 from [http://retrosheet.org/Protoball/chron.htm


Smith, Azariah, The Gold Discovery Journal of Azariah Smith [Utah State University, Logan UT, 1996], page 78. Submitted by John Thorn, 10/12/2004. Note -- We should investigate the nature of the journey and the approximate location if possible.

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