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{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1855
|Year Number=30
|Headline=Early Season Game Goes to Knicks, 27-14; Wadsworth Chided
|Headline=Early Season Game Goes to Knicks, 27-14; Wadsworth Chided
|Year=1855
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Game=Base Ball
|Game=Base Ball
|Text=<p>In what appears to be only the second game of the 1855 season [see the Protoball Games Tab at <a href="http://retrosheet.org/Protoball/GamesTab.htm">http://retrosheet.org/Protoball/GamesTab.htm</a>], "a grand match of this national game" took place at Elysian Fields and pitted the Knicks against the Eagles. A 9-run 4<sup>th</sup> put the Knicks into the [imaginary] win column after leading only 12-12 after two. Player positions aren't listed, but DeBost [Knicks] and Place [Eagles] are noted as "behind men." The reporter added: "Wadsworth [Knicks] makes too many foul balls; he must alter his play."</p>
|Text=<p>In what appears to be only the second game of the 1855 season [<a href="images/3/35/GT.NYC.pdf">http://protoball.org/images/3/35/GT.NYC.pdf</a>&nbsp;], "a grand match of this national game" took place on 6/5/1855&nbsp;at Elysian Fields, pitting the Knicks against the Eagles. A 9-run 4<sup>th</sup> put the Knicks into the [imaginary] win column after leading only 12-12 after two. Player positions aren't listed, but DeBost [Knicks] and Place [Eagles] are noted as "behind men." The reporter added: "Wadsworth [Knicks] makes too many foul balls; he must alter his play."</p>
<p>"Base Ball. Knickerbocker vs. Eagle Club," <u>New York</u> <u>Herald</u>, June 6, 1855. Facsimile contributed by Gregory Christiano, 11/24/2009.</p>
<p>&nbsp;Facsimile contributed by Gregory Christiano, 11/24/2009.</p>
|Sources=<p>"Base Ball. Knickerbocker vs. Eagle Club," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Herald</span>, June 6, 1855.</p>
|Submitted by=Gregory Christiano
|Submission Note=Facsimile contributed  11/24/2009
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=30
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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In what appears to be only the second game of the 1855 season [http://protoball.org/images/3/35/GT.NYC.pdf ], "a grand match of this national game" took place on 6/5/1855 at Elysian Fields, pitting the Knicks against the Eagles. A 9-run 4th put the Knicks into the [imaginary] win column after leading only 12-12 after two. Player positions aren't listed, but DeBost [Knicks] and Place [Eagles] are noted as "behind men." The reporter added: "Wadsworth [Knicks] makes too many foul balls; he must alter his play."

 Facsimile contributed by Gregory Christiano, 11/24/2009.

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"Base Ball. Knickerbocker vs. Eagle Club," New York Herald, June 6, 1855.

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