No anniversary, but the European championship every night, very exciting,
still with open end.
Germany-Italy 0:0
Russia-Czech Repl. 3:2
England after their victory over Scotland on Thursday very, very good !


On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Henry B. Crawford wrote:

> Congratulations baseball.  You're 150 today.
>
> The firat real baseball game was played on June 19, 1846 at the Elysian
> (a-LEES-ien) Fields near (now in) Hoboken, NJ.  Forget that Abner Doubleday
> myth.  This is the real story.
>
> The New York Nickerbocker Base Ball Club, which devised the early rules,
> played a local cricket team and lost 23-1.
>
> Happy Birthday Baseball!!
>
> HBC
> DHCF (Die Hard Cubs Fan)
>
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