in 1904, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_Tacoma_Times" class="extiw" title="w:the Tacoma Times">the Tacoma Times</a> used cartoons to illustrate articles about local baseball games. This cartoon indicates that a game between the Tacoma Tigers and the San Francisco Seals was cancelled in the fifth inning due to rain.
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