National Advocate, April 25, 1823. p. 2, col. 4. [1][2]
I was last Saturday much pleased in witnessing a company of active young men playing the manly and athletic game of “base ball” at the Retreat in Broadway (Jones’)
New-York Gazette & General Advertiser: Apr. 25, 1823, p. 2, col. 2.[1][2]
We have received a communication in favor of the manly exercise of base ball;