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Where are these game balls located?
An article in Harvard Magazine, March-April 2000 issue, is about a collection of early baseballs held by the Athletics Dept. in the Murr Center. The oldest ball in the case was used in the fifth intercollegiate baseball game Harvard played, a win over Williams, 35 to 30, at Williamstown, July 19, 1865. http://harvardmagazine.com/2000/03/spherical-riches.html