Early baseball in the United States (exact location unclear)/Game 1
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Location | Unknown (United States) |
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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.