Excelsior Club of Brooklyn v Empire Club of New York on 18 August 1860
| Date of Game | Saturday, August 18, 1860 |
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| Location | Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ, United States |
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| Field | Elysian Fields |
| Home Team | Excelsior Club of Brooklyn |
| Away Team | Empire Club of New York |
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| Description | (BDE (1): These clubs “met for the first time this season …. About 2000 persons were present, but the game was abruptly terminated by the rain before any result was arrived at.”) (NYT: “… over a thousand spectators assembled … to witness a contest between these two leading clubs. Shortly before three o’clock the Excelsiors made their appearance on the ground in a large omnibus drawn by eight horses, and the ground having been cleared, the game began, the Excelsiors having the ‘in hand.’ … At the end of the third innings the westerly shower that had been threatening for some time begun to sprinkle the ground, and when the fourth Excelsior innings had ended the rain fell so fast that it was impossible to continue the match.“) (BDE (4): “The game was commenced on Saturday, 18th ult., and some three or four innings played, when the rain caused its postponement to the present occasion.”) |
| Sources | (1) “City News and Gossip,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 197 (20 Aug 1860), p. 3, col. 2 (2) “Base Ball: Excelsior, of Brooklyn, vs. Empire, of New York,” NYT, vol. 9, no. 2782 (21 Aug 1860), p. 8, cols. 4-5 (3) “Excelsior vs. Empire,” NYC, vol. 8, no. 19 (25 Aug 1860), p. 146, col. [xx] [TBI – NOT YET SEEN] (4) “Base Ball: Excelsior of Brooklyn vs. Empire of New York,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 209 (3 Sep 1860), p. 2, col. 4 |
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| Found by | Craig Waff |
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| Entry Origin | Games Tab |
| Entry Origin Url | http://protoball.org/Games Tab:Greater New York City#date1860-8-18 |
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