Enterprise Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 17 October 1861

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Date of Game	Thursday, October 17, 1861
Location	South Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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Field	Add Field Page Putnam grounds on Lafayette Ave. near Broadway
Home Team	Enterprise Club of Brooklyn
Away Team	Eckford Club of Brooklyn
Score	26 - 23
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Description	Enterprise (Brooklyn) 26 Eckford (Brooklyn) 23 [or 24] (home-and-home game) (Brooklyn Daily Eagle (6): “The Eckfords were minus the services of one of their first nine men—Manoit—and the Enterprise also lacked Murtha  in the field.”) (Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times (7): “The Eckfords have, for many years occupied a front rank position in base ball circles, and have ‘many a time and oft’ been marshaled to victory under the veteran Frank Pidgeon, who is now, as far as active duty is concerned, on the ‘retired list.’  If our space permitted, it would afford us pleasure to render a brief tribute to the enthusiastic and lively Frank, who has never been excelled on the base ball field as Captain of the nine.  Long may he wave!”) (New York Clipper: “Both parties were minus the services of some of their regular players, the Eckfords feeling the absence of Manoit considerably.  But the substitutes did well, and the game was closely and ably contested on both sides.”)
Sources	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Matches to Come Off,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, vol. 20, no. 235 (5 Oct 1861), p. 3, col. 2 [states home-and-home game to be played on 16 Oct] (2) “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Matches to Come Off,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, vol. 20, no. 236 (7 Oct 1861), p. 3, col. 2 [states home-and-home game to be played on 16 Oct] (3) “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Matches to Come Off,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, vol. 20, no. 241 (12 Oct 1861), p. 3, col. 1 [states home-and-home game to be played on 16 Oct] (4) “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Matches to Come Off,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, vol. 20, no. 242 (14 Oct 1861), p. 3, col. 1 [states home-and-home game to be played on 16 Oct] (5) “Base Ball: Matches to Come Off,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, vol. 20, no. 242 (14 Oct 1861), p. 2, col. 5 (6) “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Eckford vs. Enterprise—Enterprise Victorious,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, vol. 20, no. 246 (18 Oct 1861), p. 2, col. 5 (7) “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Eckford, of Williamsburgh, vs. Enterprise, of Bedford,” Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times, vol.  5, no. 7  (19 Oct 1861), p. 99, col. 3 & p. 100, cols. 1-2 (8) “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Eckford vs. Enterprise,” Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times, vol.  5, no. 8  (26 Oct 1861), p. 116, col. 2 (9) “Eckford vs. Enterprise,” New York Clipper, vol. [xx], no. xx ([xx] Oct 1861), p. [xx], col. [xx] (10) Peverelly, p. 74 (11) Wright, pp. 57 & 58
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Found by	Craig Waff
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Entry Origin	Games Tab 2
Entry Origin Url	http://protoball.org/Games Tab:Greater New York City, 1861 - 1862#date1861-10-17
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