Show 7 R RARE ARE OLD L L B BASEBALL A S aa LL tho 0 oldest idest b baseball in existence ce 1 is owned b by t the be president of the east end church base ball league in pittsburgh the ball is 1 nearly fifty lifty three years old it was used brat first in a championship game bot between abent the eclipse team ot of kingston N Y 9 and the hudson team 0 of new burg N Y the allme was as played on june 20 1862 and ended 49 to 18 i 1 favor of the 11 kingston team the tile ball 1 fit amz issue mao ot of one pit cu of horsehide hors horse chlde bide eewel in the cen ter when it was first used underhand pitching alone was per pet curves were unknown I 1 kno n the ball carries burglary insurance and fire insurance it was given to its present owner by john miller who played first base on the eclipse team miller Is one hundred years old now and lives in cornwall on hudson |