The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1890 (open access)

The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 3, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Base Ball Game. (open access)

Base Ball Game.

Patent for a new and improved board game. This design "consists of a game-board marked out to represent a baseball field and provided with a series of marked depressions and a number of baffle-pins, guideways, or gutters being arranged in either side of the board, and a back-stop being arranged at the upper end of the board, provision being made for imparting a proper inclination to the board and for the propulsion of marbles through the gutters or troughs" (lines 13-22).
Date: June 3, 1890
Creator: Maxcy, John Wharton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History