GAT in NY Times;

[Grant Barrett]

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/08/sports/08PAST.html

"Mr. Thompson said he had looked through thousands of early 19th century newspapers
on microfilm without finding any other reference to baseball. (As for why he spends
hours each week poring over such papers, he said, 'It's a cheap hobby, and it keeps me
from falling into the company of frolicsome women.'"

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