Early baseball in Arkansas/Predecessor Game 5
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| Location | Arkansas |
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| Year | 1836 |
| State | AR |
| Country | US |
| Name of game | Ball |
| Found by | Caleb Hardwick |
From the book "Presbyterians in the South":
"The Presbytery of Arkansas in 1836 included ballplaying as one of the worldly amusements, but this was a unique sentiment and in no wise typical"
Sources
Presbyterians in the South: 1607-1861, Ernest Trice Thompson (University of Arkansas Press), p. 312
