In 1991 someone discovered a paragraph in a newspaper of Delhi, NY, containing a challenge signed by 9 men of Hamden, NY, challenging the men of Delhi to a game of base ball. This was reported in the NYTimes at the time, and has since be reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan's book Early Innings. It ought to be possible to learn some details about the signers of this challenge, such as their ages, and perhaps their social status, through local records. Does anyone know whether such research has been done? GAT George A. Thompson Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998.