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|Headline=Early Season Game Goes to Knicks, 27-14; Wadsworth Chided
|Headline=Early Season Game Goes to Knicks, 27-14; Wadsworth Chided
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Country=US
|State=NY
|City=NYC
|Game=Base Ball
|Game=Base Ball
|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>
|Age of Players=Adult
|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&nbsp;nine run 4th inning&nbsp;put the Knicks into the [imaginary] win column after leading only 12-11 after two. Player positions aren't listed, but DeBost [Knicks] and Place [Eagles] are noted as "behind men."</p>
<p>The reporter added: "Wadsworth [Knicks] makes too many foul balls; he must alter his play."&nbsp; Adams led off for the Knickerbockers and DeBost scored five runs.</p>
<p>&nbsp;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>
|Sources=<p>"Base Ball. Knickerbocker vs. Eagle Club," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Herald</span>, June 6, 1855.</p>

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Early Season Game Goes to Knicks, 27-14; Wadsworth Chided

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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 nine run 4th inning put the Knicks into the [imaginary] win column after leading only 12-11 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."  Adams led off for the Knickerbockers and DeBost scored five runs.

 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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