Other References

Here are a few books that are available on baseball in its early days:

Playing for Keeps - A History of Early Baseball    by Warren Goldstein, Cornell University Press

When Johnny Came Sliding Home - The Post-Civil War Baseball Boom, 1865-1870   by William J Ryczek

Baseball in Blue & Gray - The National Pastime During the Civil War    by George B. Kirsch, Princeton University Press

The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870   by Marshall D. Wright, McFarland & Company, Inc

Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908   by Dean A. Sullivan and Benjamin G. Rader

But Didn't We Have Fun? - An informal History of Baseball's Pioneer Era, 1843-1870  by Peter Morris, Publisher Ivan R. Dee

Baseball before we knew it - a search for the roots of the game  by David Block, University of Nebraska Press

A Splendid Beginning - Baseball arrives in the Pacific Northwest 1866-1868  by Michael Curtis , self published

"The National Game is Decidedly on the Fly" - The Rise of Organized Base Ball in the Portland and Vancouver Area in 1867 - A Historical Resource Study for Fort Vancouver National Historic Site & Vancouver National Historic Reserve by Gregory P. Shine,  available at www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/fova2/baseball_hrs.pdf