Your observations are 100% correct - it is the fact that the "movie" is named "Baseball" that causes the dilemma - or more precisely the "interest". In 1867 the game of Baseball was in its infancy and the reason for the use of the title "Baseball" to describe what was a rather simple "motion picture" may be a question for social historians but it is the opinion of 19th century Baseball Collectors that we are searching for here. (My guess is the "hash machine" was something that turned corned beef into hash and shoved it directly into the mouth of the guy pictured).
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