Early baseball in Utah/Game 3
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| Location | Utah |
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| Year | 1866 |
| Month | 3 |
| City | Salt Lake City |
| State | UT |
| Country | |
| Site | Arsenal grounds |
| Was NY rules baseball | Unknown |
| Played by | Unknown |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin March 12, 1866, picks up a story from the Salt Lake City Reporter of March 6, saying Mr. Beadle, editor of the paper [J.. Beadle], Professor Keyes and others left their office to "witness a game of base ball being played on the arsenal grounds."
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San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin March 12, 1866
