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  • Mountain City Club of Chattanooga  + (<p>In a <em>Nashville Union an<p>In a <em>Nashville Union and Dispatch</em> article dated May 3, 1867 about a state convention of base ball players, the Mountain City Club is mentioned.</p></br><p>http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038521/1867-05-03/ed-1/seq-3/</p></br><p><a class="image" title="Nashville Union and Dispatch - May 3, 1867"><img src="w/images/d/d6/NashvilleUnionAndDispatch1867May03.jpg" alt="Nashville Union and Dispatch - May 3, 1867" width="315" height="1378" border="0" /></a></p></br><p>Chattanooga TN had a pop. of about 6,000 in 1870.</p> height="1378" border="0" /></a></p> <p>Chattanooga TN had a pop. of about 6,000 in 1870.</p>)
  • Lightbodies Club of Chattanooga  + (<p>In a <em>Nashville Union an<p>In a <em>Nashville Union and Dispatch</em> article dated May 3, 1867 about a state convention of base ball players, the Lightbodies Club is mentioned.</p></br><p><a class="image" title="Nashville Union and Dispatch - May 3, 1867"><img src="w/images/d/d6/NashvilleUnionAndDispatch1867May03.jpg" alt="Nashville Union and Dispatch - May 3, 1867" width="315" height="1378" border="0" /></a></p></br><p>Chattanooga, pop. in 1870 was about 6,000.</p>ht="1378" border="0" /></a></p> <p>Chattanooga, pop. in 1870 was about 6,000.</p>)
  • American Club of Chattanooga  + (<p>In a <em>Nashville Union an<p>In a <em>Nashville Union and Dispatch</em> article dated May 3, 1867 about a state convention of base ball players, the American Club is mentioned.</p></br><p>http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038521/1867-05-03/ed-1/seq-3/</p></br><p> </p></br><p>Chattanooga's 1870 pop. was about 6,000.</p>seq-3/</p> <p> </p> <p>Chattanooga's 1870 pop. was about 6,000.</p>)
  • Club of Knoxville  + (<p>In a <em>Nashville Union an<p>In a <em>Nashville Union and Dispatch</em> article dated May 3, 1867 about a state convention of base ball players, the Knoxville Club is mentioned.</p></br><p>http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038521/1867-05-03/ed-1/seq-3/</p></br><p><a class="image" title="Nashville Union and Dispatch - May 3, 1867"><img src="w/images/d/d6/NashvilleUnionAndDispatch1867May03.jpg" alt="Nashville Union and Dispatch - May 3, 1867" width="315" height="1378" border="0" /></a></p></br><p>Knoxville's 1870 pop. was about 8,500.</p>width="315" height="1378" border="0" /></a></p> <p>Knoxville's 1870 pop. was about 8,500.</p>)
  • John M. Smyth Furniture Club v Candymakers Club on 25 August 1889  + (<p>In a week at the confectioners pi<p>In a week at the confectioners picnic in Matteson, the two above clubs will play a game of baseball. At the same picnic, at Elliot's park, the "North Ends" will play the "Western Stars."</p></br><p>For another game at Elliot's, see the Chicago <em>Inter Ocean</em>, Aug, 5, 1889.</p>t's, see the Chicago <em>Inter Ocean</em>, Aug, 5, 1889.</p>)
  • Worcester Ball Club  + (<p>In an article for the Aug. 2021 Deadball Era Committee Newsletter, Bill Lamb writes: "The constitution of the Worcester Ball Club was promulgated in February 1857."</p> <p>This club may have played "round ball" or the "Massachusetts Game."</p>)
  • Chermany  + (<p>In an email of 12/10/2008, Tom Al<p>In an email of 12/10/2008, Tom Altherr tells of the game of chermany, defined in a 1985 dictionary as “a variety of baseball.” Early usage of the term dates to the 1840s-1860s. Two sources relate the game to baseball, and one, a 1912 book of Virginia folk language, defines it as “a boys’ game with a ball and bats.” We know of but eight references to chermany [churmany, chumny, chuminy] as of October 2009. Its rules of play are sketchy. A Confederate soldier described it as using five or six foot-high sticks as bases and using “crossing out” instead of tagging or plugging runners to retire them.</p>m.</p>)
  • First Switch Hitter  + (<p>In an exciting 8-7 game that ende<p>In an exciting 8-7 game that ended the Cincinnati Red Stockings' 91-game hitting streak, the Atlantic club's captain Bob Ferguson came to bat in the bottom of the 12th inning, down by a run. Determined not to hit a ball to the Red Stockings' SS George Wright, right-handed hitter "surprised the Red Stockings by taking a left-handed stance. . . . He ripped the ball through the right side of the infield to tie the score, and the [Brooklyn] crowd went wild." An errant throw scored Ferguson from second, and the unbeaten streak was over.</p></br><p>Ferguson has also become the first recorded switch hitter.</p>rguson has also become the first recorded switch hitter.</p>)
  • Sun and Planet  + (<p>In describing an indoor form of S<p>In describing an indoor form of Stool Ball played in case of wet weather, an 1891 source adds:  "It is sometimes called Sun and Planet." </p></br><p>The game is was often played with no fielders: "Sometimes there are scouts, but as a rule, the players all take stools [arranged in a circle] except the bowler, who is allowed to bowl out, catch out, and throw out just as at cricket."   </p></br><p>The article continues, "In the south of England Stool Ball is an outdoor game.  It is played in Sussex with a bat like a wooden battledore, and a wicket like a small notice board, the wicket being about six inches square, and the stick on which it is attached is about a foot from the ground.  The wicket is still called the stool so as to show its origin.  The same game is played indoors, when the wicket is merely a copy-book cover, a sheet of paper fixed to the wall in target fashion."  </p>l in target fashion."  </p>)
  • Leon Club of Tallahassee  + (<p>In early 1867 the Tallahassee Sem<p>In early 1867 the Tallahassee Semi-Weekly Floridian noted the formation of the Leon Base Ball Club, which has "sent North and procured Bats and Balls and instructions how to use them. A few evenings since, they repaired to their play ground in the suburbs of the city, and engaged in their first game."</p></br><p>Tallahassee, the capitol of Florida, is in Leon County. It had 2023 residents in 1870, making it the 4th largest city in the state.</p>ts in 1870, making it the 4th largest city in the state.</p>)
  • Louisiana Base Ball Park  + (<p>In early 1870 an enclosed park, for baseball and other events, was built oppposite the southeast end of modern Audubon Park. It was bounded by Henry Clay, Long, Victor, and the Foucher Property.</p>)
  • In Corfu in 1890  + (<p>In early 1890 the U.S. Mediterranean Squadron was drilling in and off Corfu Island, and sponsored "base ball among he men."</p>)
  • Rownes  + (<p>In his definition of Rounders, Hazlitt suggests that “it is possible that this is the game which, under the name of rownes (rounds) is mentioned in the ‘English Courtier and the Country Gentleman,’ in 1586.”</p>)
  • Donkey Baseball  + (<p>In its 1934 manifestation, donkey<p>In its 1934 manifestation, donkey baseball let the donkeys run, and the players ride.  "[A]ll participants, excepting the catcher, pitcher and the batsman are astride donkeys.  After hitting the ball it is necessary for the hitter to get on the back of a donkey and make his way to first base before the fielders, also on donkeys, retrieve the ball."</p></br><p>The earliest version of donkey base ball was named for "donkey races," which Peter Morris sees as "a silly type of contest."  The team that scored the fewest runs was the winner.  Maybe you had to be there to agree with the <em>Brooklyn Eagle</em> that the game was "very amusing , and perhaps the most novel match ever played."</p>, and perhaps the most novel match ever played."</p>)
  • Club of Road Town  + (<p>In the 2003 Little League Caribbe<p>In the 2003 Little League Caribbean Regionals, a club from Road Town, BVI competed.</p></br><p>See also Lowry, "Longest Games" p. 116; Virgin Island News online, feb. 15, 2014 (Little League) and Oct. 26, 2017 (softball); The Rotarian, Sept. 1991, p. 21.</p>t. 26, 2017 (softball); The Rotarian, Sept. 1991, p. 21.</p>)
  • Club of George Town  + (<p>In the 2010 Little League Caribbe<p>In the 2010 Little League Caribbean Regional, a club from George Town, Cayman Islands, competed.</p></br><p>A modern website says that Little League has been popular in the Caymans for 30 years or more.</p></br><p>The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory</p>;/p> <p>The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory</p>)
  • Ballgame in WY Circa 1864  + (<p>In the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming,<p>In the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming, "[w]hile the prospecting parties were gone, the remaining members amused themselves by dividing themselves into baseball teams – the Gray Bulls and the Stinking Waters – and played the first baseball game in the Basin." </br></p><p>Lawrence Milton Woods, Wyoming's Big Horn Basin to 1901: A Late Frontier. Accessed as a snippet view via Google Books search, February 2010. The year of the game is not visible in the snippet view. The Basin is in central northern Wyoming, near the Montana border.</br></p><p>Open Issue: Can we ascertain the date and specific location of this account?</br></p>: Can we ascertain the date and specific location of this account? </p>)
  • Amherst College Club of Amherst  + (<p>In the first intercollegiate base<p>In the first intercollegiate baseball game ever played, Amherst defeats Williams 73-32 in 26 innings, played under the Massachusetts Game rules, 13 a side, July 1, 1859. The contest is staged in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a neutral site, at the invitation of the Pittsfield Base Ball Club. See Cutting, "Amherst College" p. 113</p></br><p><span>The two schools also competed at chess that weekend. </span><span>A two-page broadsheet tells of Amherst taking on Williams in both base ball and chess. Headline: "Muscle and mind!"</span></p></br><p>The <span>New York Clipper</span> thought that the game's wimpy ball lessened the fun: "The ball used by Amherst was small, soft, and with so little elasticity that a hard throw upon the floor would cause of rebound of scarcely a foot." Ryczek goes on to say that the ball, while more suitable for plugging than the Association ball, detracted from the excitement of the game because it was not or could not be hit or thrown far.</p></br><p>See protoball entry [[1859.1]].</p>859.1]].</p>)
  • In Northampton in 1823  + (<p>In their recollections during the<p>In their recollections during the 1880s, John Murray Forbes and George Sheyne Shattuck describe playing baseball during the years 1823 to 1828 at the Round Hill School in Northampton MA. This progressive school for young boys reflected the goals of its co-founders, Joseph Green Cogswell and George Bancroft; in addition to building a gymnasium, the first US school to do so, Round Hill was one of the very first schools to incorporate physical education into its formal curriculum.</p><p><br/> </p><p>Forbes was writing his recollections in 1884, as reported in Letters and Recollections of John Murray Forbes, Sara Forbes Hughes, editor [Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1899], vol. 1, page 43. Shattuck is quoted in Edward M. Hartwell, Physical Training in American Colleges and Universities [GPO, 1886], page 22. Discovered by Brian Turner and submitted 7/16/2004.</p> [GPO, 1886], page 22. Discovered by Brian Turner and submitted 7/16/2004.</p>)
  • Wireball  + (<p>In this game opponents position t<p>In this game opponents position themselves on the opposite sides of as wire strung over the street. Singles, doubles, etc., are determined by whether the ball hits the wire and whether it is caught by the out team as it descends. There is no running or batting in this urban game.</p>is no running or batting in this urban game.</p>)
  • The Beginning of Match Play Among Organized Clubs  + (<p>In what appears to be the first game played between organized base ball clubs, the Knickerbocker Club outscored the Washington Club, 21-11, at the Red House grounds on June 3, 1851.  They played again two weeks later.</p>)
  • Manor House grounds  + (<p>In  the Greenpoint neighborhood. <p>In  the Greenpoint neighborhood. The website below says these grounds were located at modern McGolrick Park, bounded by Diggs, Russell, Nassau and Monitor Streets.</p></br><p>Tom Gilbert's 2024 presentation at the Fred says these grounds were a bit further south of the above, on Herbert Street in between N. Henry and Monitor, about where St. Cecilia's Catholic Church (84 Herbert) now is.</p></br><p>Home of the Eckford Club 1855-62</p>rt) now is.</p> <p>Home of the Eckford Club 1855-62</p>)
  • Meta, or Longa Meta  + (<p>Incompletely verified accounts su<p>Incompletely verified accounts suggest that Meta, sometimes called Longa Meta, is a traditional Hungarian folk game that involves base-running.</p></br><p>As of Fall 2015, we are actively seeking further information about this game and how it was played.</p></br><p>A few scattered accounts in English describe the game (see our reading notes in the Supplemental Text below). Hungarian sources are largely unexamined as yet.</p></br><p>Some impressions that emerge at this stage:</p></br><p>[] Generally, the game resembled English rounders, German schlagball, and early forms of base ball in the US: scoring was done by running to one or more distant bases and returning safely to the batting area; some form of bat was used to put the ball in play after it had been served to the batter, and then hit away; runners could be put out if they were caught off base;</p></br><p>[] The playing field was a rectangular area (defining fair ground for hits, apparently) whose dimensions could vary with the number of players;</p></br><p>[] The batting team and the fielding team exchanged sides after their side was put out, or at the end of an allotted time period.</p></br><p>[] The game is thought to have subsided in the 20th Century, but attempts to re-create it have been noted in the past few years.  There are undocumented assertions that the game dates back to the 1500s.</p></br><p> "Longa Meta" is said to be a Latin phrase, not a Hungarian term.</p></br><p><em>History</em>: Writing in 1988 about Budapest in 1900, John Lukacs wrote, "there was nothing in the way of organized athletics or sports in the schools.  An old Hungarian game of longa meta (the name came from Latin), a game similar to stickball or even baseball, was still played by children in empty lots of the city.  By 1900 it was replaced by soccer."</p></br><p> </p></br><p> </p> or even baseball, was still played by children in empty lots of the city.  By 1900 it was replaced by soccer."</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>)
  • Independent Club of Somerville v Olympic Club of Brooklyn on 14 October 1858  + (<p>Independent (Somerville, N.J.) 59</p> <p>Olympic (Brooklyn, E.D.) 31</p>)
  • Independent grounds at corner of 81st St. and 2nd Ave.  + (<p>Independent, Baltic, Yorkville and Champion Clubs all played here, in what is now NYC's upper east side. Address approx. 1551 2nd Ave.</p>)
  • Eagle Club of Indian Orchard  + (<p>Indian Orchard is now part of Springfield</p>)
  • Indianola Club of Albany v Hiawatha Club of Albany on 13 June 1865  + (<p>Indianola Club of Albany: Senior, 2nd Nine</p><p>Hiawatha Club of Albany: Senior</p>)
  • Indianola Club of Albany v Empire Club of Albany on 27 July 1865  + (<p>Indianola Club of Albany: Senior, 2nd Nine</p><p>Empire Club of Albany: Senior</p>)
  • Elm Park Institute Club of Litchfield  + (<p>Institute team played the town amateurs</p>)
  • Underwriters Club of Troy  + (<p>Insurance clerks</p>)
  • Magnolia Club of New Orleans v Magnolia Club of New Orleans on 30 April 1860  + (<p>Intersquad game between Carroll's and Delamore's sides.</p>)
  • Buckeye Base Ball Club of Columbus v Buckeye Base Ball Club of Columbus on 6 April 1866  + (<p>Intersquad game of the Buckeye Club</p>)
  • Maple Leaf Club of Hamilton v Maple Leaf Club of Hamilton on 17 May 1866  + (<p>Intersquad game</p>)
  • Hampden of Chicopee v Hampden of Chicopee in August 1859  + (<p>Intersquad game</p>)
  • Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 15 April 1862  + (<p>Intra-Squad Match</p> <p>Wood's Side (29) vs. Mills' Side (11).</p>)
  • Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 29 May 1863  + (<p>Intra-club game, Devyer's nine vs. Wood's nine.</p>)
  • Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 26 May 1863  + (<p>Intra-club game, Van Wickle's side vs. Booth's side</p>)
  • Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 21 May 1863  + (<p>Intra-club game-Manolt's side vs. Rogers' side.</p>)
  • Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 9 April 1847  + (<p>Intra-club game.  Knick game books denote that with this game the "3rd Season commences."</p>)
  • Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 23 June 1863  + (<p>Intra-club match, Travis' side vs. French's side.</p>)
  • Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 28 May 1861  + (<p>Intra-squad match, the "First Nin<p>Intra-squad match, the "First Nine" (28) vs "The Field" (21).</p></br><p>Alter building a 10-4 lead after two complete innings, "The Field" side was allowed six outs per inning.</p></br><p>H. Chadwick is listed as the Umpire and identified as being a member of the Atlantic Club.</p>as the Umpire and identified as being a member of the Atlantic Club.</p>)
  • Mechanics Club of Hackensack v Ionic Club of Hackensack Second Nine on 20 August 1866  + (<p>Ionic 2nd nine</p>)
  • Club of Poland, Ohio  + (<p>Ira F. Mansfield, "Ohio and Penns<p>Ira F. Mansfield, "Ohio and Pennsylvania Reminiscences...." (1916) p. 120-121 says that he was captain of Poland's BBC in 1860, with C. F. Kirtland as pitcher and C. D. Hine as catcher. The team later evolved into the Cannelton BBC (photo in the book).</p></br><p>Mansfield was born in 1842.</p>he book).</p> <p>Mansfield was born in 1842.</p>)
  • Ironsides Club of Brooklyn v Rutger Club of New York on 14 September 1865  + (<p>Ironsides Club of Brooklyn: Junior, 2nd Nine</p> <p>Rutger Club of New York: Junior</p>)
  • Ironsides Club of Brooklyn v Rutger Club of New York on 17 August 1865  + (<p>Ironsides Club of Brooklyn: Junior, 2nd Nine</p> <p>Rutger Club of New York: Junior</p>)
  • Irving Club of New York v Alert Club of New York on 4 June 1859  + (<p>Irving 2 (xxx) 23</p> <p>Alert 1 (xxx) 5</p>)
  • Irving Club of New York v Champion Club of New York on 22 September 1864  + (<p>Irving Club of New York: Junior</p><p>Champion Club of New York: Senior</p>)
  • Irvington v Baltic Club of Belleville in Irvington on 30 May 1861  + (<p>Irvington (Irvington) 40</p> <p>Baltic (Belleville, Essex County, N.J.) 26</p> <p>(<em>Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times:</em> “The Irvington Club was organized Oct. 8th, 1860; all new men at the game.”)</p>)
  • Unknown Club of Frederick  + (<p>Is this another name for the Nameless BBC?</p>)
  • African Club of New London  + (<p>Is this the "Colored" BBC of New London, mentioned in the Mariettian [Marietta, PA] June 22, 1867?</p>)
  • Club of Tecumseh  + (<p>Is this the Chiefs of Tecumseh, active 1867? Morris, "Baseball Fever," p. 150</p>)
  • Club of Oriskany v Club of Hampton on 17 June 1865  + (<p>Is this the Hampton Club of Westmoreland?</p>)
  • Willimantic Club of Willimantic  + (<p>Is this the Mechathe Thurday prior to Thursday, Aug. 2, 1866nics Club of Willimantic, mentioned in the Willimantic <em>Journal</em>, Aug. 30, 1866?</p> <p>Club organized (with no name) </p>)
  • Leik Mjul  + (<p>Isak Lidström, a doctoral student<p>Isak Lidström, a doctoral student at Malmö University, reports that in studying the isolated island of Runö in the Baltic Sea, he found a game called "leik mjul" ["play ball"] among the Swedes there prior to World War II.</p></br><p>One source suggests that the game came to the island in the 1840's when a ship from England was stranded, and that perhaps the game evolved from rounders.</p></br><p>Isak is preparing a paper on the find for publication, and Protoball plans to update this entry at a later time. His March 2018 summary:</p></br><p> </p></br><div></br><p><span lang="EN-GB">"Leik mjul" is definitely related to Swedish brännboll, although the latter is a simplified game. “Leik mjul” is the same game as English rounders, as it was played in the 1840s. Swedish brännboll also derives from English rounders. It was introduced by physical educators in the late 19<sup>th</sup> century. It was first called “rundboll” (roundball) and included a pitching procedure and a base running around five bases. As it was played in the schools, more simplified rules were required. The pitching procedure is gone nowadays – instead the batsman throws up the ball himself. Even the pitch has changed. It is shaped like a rectangle, with four bases.</span></p></br></div></br><p><span>-- isak</span></p></br><p> </p></br><p> </p>> </div> <p><span>-- isak</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p>)
  • Shinty  + (<p>It appears that shinty was a bat-<p>It appears that shinty was a bat-and-ball game known in Britain and Ireland and America before 1800 (Strutt, 1903 reprinting, page 92.).  Not usually reported as a base-running game, it may have resembled what we now call field hockey.  As of 2022, Protoball.org has not collected much information on the history this game.  It appears to be similar or identical with the game known as [[hurling]] . Other names we know of are listed at [[bandy]], [[h<span>unyou-hinyou]], and Iceland's [[<span>knattleikar]].</span></span></p></br><p>Today's digital searches sometimes reveal shinty being played in the United States long ago.</p></br><p>In August 2022, Protoball's legendary Bruce Allardice reports: </p></br><div dir="ltr">"I found a reference to games of shinty (sort of a field hockey-type game) played at the Elysian Fields in 1839 (NY Herald, Sept. 10, 1839) as part of the Highland games" (Email of 8/12/2022).</div></br><div dir="ltr"> </div>) as part of the Highland games" (Email of 8/12/2022).</div> <div dir="ltr"> </div>)
  • In Dushanbe in 2015  + (<p>It appears that the US Embassy in<p>It appears that the US Embassy in Dushanbe is prepared to host softball games for visitors, although it is unclear if such games have taken place.</p></br><p>"Recreation and Social Life Last Updated: 11/15/2005 3:27 PM</p></br><p>As the security requirements have eased somewhat, American staff in Dushanbe have been able to go exploring, running, biking, and visiting areas outside the capital to watch local activities such as buzkashi (a traditional horseback game that was probably the precursor of polo), picnic, or hunt for wild boar. Tennis is available at an indoor hall in Dushanbe, and there are badminton and volleyball leagues. Tajiks welcome the involvement of foreigners in everything they do and are justifiably proud of their extraordinary hospitality.</p></br><p>Sports Last Updated: 11/15/2005 3:27 PM</p></br><p>Tennis is available at an indoor hall in Dushanbe. There are badminton and volleyball leagues in the city also. The Embassy currently has a mini-weight room of sorts in the basement of the house next door to the current Chancery.</p></br><p>The ICASS Council has purchased sports equipment for a recreation center to be built at the new Embassy Compound after the completion of the Chancery and Marine House. The sports we have prepared for are: tennis, basketball, softball, volleyball and badminton (in sandpits), soccer, a running track, and a gymnasium with workout equipment. Please bring your own playing equipment such as tennis rackets and balls, and softball mitts, bats, and balls, etc."</p> your own playing equipment such as tennis rackets and balls, and softball mitts, bats, and balls, etc."</p>)
  • Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 22 July 1851  + (<p>It is possible that the date on t<p>It is possible that the date on this game is wholly incorrect. Immediately following June 17, 1850 in Vol. 2 of the Game Books, this is the first in a series of entries that appear to be out of chronological order.  The date is written on the page but is extremely difficult to read.</p>age but is extremely difficult to read.</p>)
  • Junior Club of Ivanhoe  + (<p>Ivanhoe is near modern Mundelein</p>)
  • Club of Dade City  + (<p>J. A. Hendley's "History of Pasco<p>J. A. Hendley's "History of Pasco County" p. 13: "San Antonio had one of the first baseball teams in the county." In 1884 they played Dade City at Hay Pond, west of Dade City. Book gives names of players. Book author umpired the game.</p></br><p>Dade City was founded in 1884. It had 321 residents in 1890. San Antonio was founded in 1881.</p> 321 residents in 1890. San Antonio was founded in 1881.</p>)
  • J. Trabucco  + (<p>J. Trabucco was one of two men, J<p>J. Trabucco was one of two men, J.P. Trabucco, or John Trabucco, who may have been brothers. Both were born in Italy and lived in Memphis in the 1860s. J.P. was younger and closer in age to the other members of the R.E. Lee Club. J.P. was born in 1848 and died in 1897.</p>lub. J.P. was born in 1848 and died in 1897.</p>)
  • Jesse T. Merritt Merritt  + (<p>JT Merritt was born in Tennessee about 1837. He is not found in any Confederate or Union army indexes.</p>)
  • Jesse T. Merritt  + (<p>JT Merritt was born in Tennessee about 1837. He is not found in any Confederate or Union army indexes.</p>)
  • Jacob 'Jack' Levy  + (<p>Jack Levy was an early baseball m<p>Jack Levy was an early baseball manager and probably player in Victoria, British Columbia and Seattle, Washington. He came from a family that were Jewish pioneers in New Zealand, Australia, San Francisco, Victoria and Seattle. Below is a modified version of a chapter written by Protoball Digger Mark Brunke that appeared in Distant Replay! Washington's Jewish Sports Heroes, published in 2014 by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society.</p></br><p> </p></br><p>Jack Levy has the distinction of being the earliest noted Jewish athlete in Washington that the Washington State Jewish Historical Society has discovered. Levy was an important early organizer and promoter of sports in Seattle. In addition to being president of Seattle's first organized Base Ball Club to play challenge matches, Levy would organize and promote the Seattle Rifle Team in international matches. The team Levy organized for a series of matches with the baseballers of Victoria developed over the following decade into an active semi-professional team. That team, the Seattle Reds, was the nucleus of baseball activity in Puget Sound prior to the advent of professional ball in 1890. Levy's efforts to promote dozens of games throughout the Northwest played a significant role in establishing organized baseball in Seattle.</p></br><p>Benjamin and Esther Levy were among the first Jews to emigrate from London to New Zealand in 1841. By 1848, they had settled in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and had given birth to their son, Jacob. In his 20s, Jacob, now known as Jack, and his brother Henry Emanuel were living in the Northwest and had established Levy Brothers' Seattle Soda Works, manufacturing ginger beer, sarsaparilla, and other beverages. Jack Levy also ran the Grotto Cigar Stand on Mill Street and was the correspondent for The British Colonist newspaper in Victoria.</p></br><p>In 1872, the game of "base ball" is mentioned for the first time in Seattle periodical. The establishment of the Dolly Varden Base Ball Club was announced in the July 11 edition of the Puget Sound Dispatch. Four years later, the newspaper described a challenge issued by a team from Newcastle, seeking to play any other team in the county. Levy is listed on the roster of the Seattle Base Ball Club, which accepted the challenge and beat the Newcastle Miners 51-0.</p></br><p>On May 18, 1877, The British Colonist published Victoria's challenge to the Seattle Base Ball Club to play a game for Queen Victoria's birthday on May 24. The Seattle nine accepted and beat the Victoria Club by a score of 15-7. Joshua P. Davis umpired the game, and like Jack's brother's Aunt Elizabeth, he was a well known leader of Victoria's Jewish community. Davis was also a founding director of the Olympic Base Ball Club of Victoria when it was formed in 1866. Along with the Pioneer Base Ball Club of Portland, these were the first two clubs in the Pacific Northwest to be formed under what were called New York Rules and more properly the rules of the National Association of Base Ball Players.</p></br><p>On June 1, 1877, the Seattle Base Ball Club voted to change its name to the Alki Base Ball Club and elected Jack Levy as its president. At this time, the club consisted of nine players, a president, and a secretary, William Jamieson. Jamieson was a jeweler who, like Levy, had moved to Seattle from Victoria. Jamieson had managed and played baseball in Victoria, and was the organizer of the Dolly Varden club in 1872, though there is no record of them ever playing club or match games.</p></br><p>The members of the Alkis also voted to invite the Victoria Club to a game in Seattle on July 4th, which would also include a rifle match. Seattle beat Victoria by a score of 21-9, but Victoria redeemed itself with a victory in the rifle match. With Levy managing the ball club, the Alkis turned in their best season that year, going undefeated in front of crowds that reached several hundred. Their home games were played in Georgetown, on the field of the Seattle Jockey Club's racecourse.</p></br><p>By 1879, Levy and nearly all his other original Alkis had left the game in Seattle, moving on to businesses in Seattle and Victoria, and one player, Curry Chase, playing at Cornell before becoming a reporter and eventually playing in Wisconsin. The Alkis team lasted only three years, but its players from its final year became the nucleus of a team that played as the Seattle Base Ball Club, continuing the May 24/July 4 home and away rivalry with Victoria through the 1880s. That team became known as the Reds by the mid-1880s, and the Seattle Browns by the late 1880s. Through the last part of the 1880s they were a semi-professional club, but had recruited at least 3 players from California and the Midwest who in addition to baseball worked in local banks and other businesses, some of which were operated by alumni of the Alkis. Finally in 1890, Seattle and clubs from Portland, Tacoma, and Spokane organized the first fully professional league in the Northwest. Victoria had initially been invited to this aggregation, but declined (though Victoria would partake in a league within a few years).</p></br><p>In 1897, Levy's business interests took him north to the Yukon with the Klondike gold rush. He prospected in Dawson and operated businesses there for the next 12 years. His brother and other family members operated a restaurant in Victoria. Levy returned there following injuries in a boating accident, dying a few years later on April 29, 1913.</p>estaurant in Victoria. Levy returned there following injuries in a boating accident, dying a few years later on April 29, 1913.</p>)
  • Red Stockings Club of Jacksboro  + (<p>Jacksboro (fd 1858) had 387 residents in 1880.</p>)
  • Relic Club of Jacksonville  + (<p>Jacksonville Weekly Sentinel, Sept. 3, 1869 reports that the Forest City of Rockford defeated the Relics of Jacksonville 66-3, at the local Fairgrounds.</p>)
  • Morgan County Fairgrounds  + (<p>Jacksonville Weekly Sentinel, Sep<p>Jacksonville Weekly Sentinel, Sept. 3, 1869 reports that the Forest City of Rockford defeated the Relics of Jacksonville 66-3, at the local Fairgrounds.</p></br><p>The 1869 fairgrounds were 1.5 miles west of downtown Jacksonville, at the site of the modern fairgrounds.</p>own Jacksonville, at the site of the modern fairgrounds.</p>)
  • Giants v Americans in Hong Kong on 14 December 1913  + (<p>James E. Elfers, "The Tour to End<p>James E. Elfers, "The Tour to End all Tours...." (p. 132) states that "the very first baseball game ever played in Hong Kong..." was Dec. 14, 1913 during the world tour of the Major League Giants and Americans (White Sox), with the Giants winning 7 to 4. </p> Sox), with the Giants winning 7 to 4. </p>)
  • In Grand Comore in 2000  + (<p>James M. Perdue, "One More Play" pgs. 120-124 details a trip he and others made to Grande Comore (the main island of The Comoros) in 2000 to run camps on baseball, basketball and soccer, and how the Comorons participated in the games.</p>)
  • Bower City Club II of Janesville v Olympians (Beloit College) on 13 October 1866  + (<p>Janesville Gazette, Feb. 4, 1905 and sources cited in club entry</p>)
  • Bower City Club Field  + (<p>Janesville Gazette, Feb. 4, 1905 says their 1866 field was bounded by Milton, Prospect, 5th and Glen Sts.</p> <p>Approximately 418 Eisenhower.</p>)
  • Western Star Club of Janesville  + (<p>Janesville Gazette, Feb. 4, 1905</p>)
  • Platte Valley Club of Fremont  + (<p>Jas. Balding was president of this club in 1869.</p> <p>Fremont (fd 1856, inc. 1871) has 1195 residents in 1870.</p>)
  • Union Club of Hermann  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "Game of Games" blog has an ad (in German) for a ball of this team in 1867.</p> <p>A German-American team.</p>)
  • Olympic Club of Carondelet  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "Game of Games" blog has this team existing in 1870.</p> <p>Mentioned in the NY Clipper, July 2, 1870. [ba]</p>)
  • Liberty Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games" blog says this club existed in 1865.</p>)
  • Veto Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games" blog says this club existed in 1868</p>)
  • Baltic Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games" blog says this club existed in 1865.</p> <p>The <em>St. Louis Missouri Republican</em>, June 5, 1863 reports that the Independents beat the Baltic.</p>)
  • Athletic Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1868.</p></br><p>The <em>Daily Missouri Republican</em>, April 23, 1868 has this club attending the state baseball convention, with Charles D. Paul and Edward J. McKeon as 2 of its delegates. This is the same Charles D. Paul (bc. 1840, died 1904/5) who was an officer of the 1859 club of St. Louis. </p> 1840, died 1904/5) who was an officer of the 1859 club of St. Louis. </p>)
  • Olympic Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1866.</p> <p> </p>)
  • Missouri Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1869.</p> <p>Played the Stonewall club may 16, 1868. New York Clipper, May 30, 1868</p>)
  • Sherman Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1867.</p> <p> </p>)
  • Columbus Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1865.</p> <p> </p>)
  • Magenta Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1865.</p> <p><em> </em></p>)
  • Pickwick Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1867.</p> <p>Made up of St. Louis University students. See St. Louis <em>Missouri Democrat</em>, Apr. 13, 1867</p> <p> </p>)
  • Mutual Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1868.</p>)
  • National Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1868.</p>)
  • Battle Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1868.</p>)
  • Eckford Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1869.</p>)
  • Haymaker Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1869.</p>)
  • Buckeye Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1869.</p>)
  • Union Jr. Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> </em>blog says this club existed in 1868.</p> <p>They changed their name to the "Star." in 1868. See The St., Louis Globe Democrat, July 8, 1868</p>)
  • Atlantic Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games"<em> blog says this club existed in 1865.</em></p> <p><em>New York Clipper</em>, Aug. 24, 1867</p>)
  • In Paris in 1830  + (<p>Jeff Kittel's website "Game of Ga<p>Jeff Kittel's website "Game of Games" notes that in an 1879 history of Edgar County, IL, Colonel Jonathan Mayo says he played town-ball 50-60 years ago [i.e., 1819-29]  in Paris (the county seat) "on the day of the public sale of lots in Paris."</p></br><p>Edgar County was founded in 1823. Paris was surveyed in the 1820s. Mayo is on record as purchasing public lands in Edgar County in 1830.</p>as purchasing public lands in Edgar County in 1830.</p>)
  • Union Club of St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittel, in Morris, "Base Bal<p>Jeff Kittel, in Morris, "Base Ball Pioneers" p. 291 says this club was probably organized in 1860, and reorganized after the war. It played at Lafayette Park</p></br><p>The Daily Missouri Democrat (of St. Louis), Oct. 8, 1860 reports that the Union will play the Lone Star today, on the Empire Club grounds. Same June 25, 1868 says the Union Club was formed in 1859 by high schoolers. Asa W. Smith was the first president.</p>by high schoolers. Asa W. Smith was the first president.</p>)
  • Gamble Lawn, St. Louis  + (<p>Jeff Kittle's blog on St. Louis b<p>Jeff Kittle's blog on St. Louis baseball says the Empire Club and others played at/near Gamble Lawn, on Gamble Ave and west 20th.</p></br><p>The St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 10, 1959 says Gamble Lawn was between 23rd and High Sts., near the Pacific Railroad. The St. Louis Globe Democrat, Nov. 21, 1937 says Gamble Lawn was a common from 20th St. to Jefferson Ave., and from Gamble Ave, to the Missouri Pacific RR tracks. The St. Louis Missouri Republican, Sept. 20, 1864 says that Camp Hall was on Gamble Lawn, south of Clark Ave, beyond 21st St. </p>ble Lawn, south of Clark Ave, beyond 21st St. </p>)
  • Madison BBC of Madison  + (<p>Jeff Sackman, "The Capital City Base Ball Club of Madison," says the Capital City Club beat the Madison BBC 58-33 on July 13, 1865.</p>)
  • Badger BBC of Madison  + (<p>Jeff Sackman, "The Capital City B<p>Jeff Sackman, "The Capital City Base Ball Club of Madison," online at http://www.jeffsackmann.com/pdfs/Sackmann-Early-Baseball-in-Madison.pdf says the Badger club, made up of University of Wisconsin students, played the Capital City Jrs. June 13, 1867.</p>ed the Capital City Jrs. June 13, 1867.</p>)
  • Capital City Jr. Club of Madison  + (<p>Jeff Sackmann, "The Capital City <p>Jeff Sackmann, "The Capital City Base Ball Club of Madison," online at http://www.jeffsackmann.com/pdfs/Sackmann-Early-Baseball-in-Madison.pdf says the Capital City Jr. club formed in 1866.</p></br><p>On Sept. 25, 1866 they played the Badger Club of Columbia, WI, at Madison, winning 27-22.</p>er Club of Columbia, WI, at Madison, winning 27-22.</p>)
  • Club of Victoria, MO  + (<p>Jefferson City <em>People's<p>Jefferson City <em>People's Tribune</em>, Dec. 14, 1870, reports a boy injured playing baseball at the Victoria BB grounds.</p></br><p>The Mitchie's of Monroe Co., IL played the Hillsboro Club of Victoria, MO in 1870. See Waterloo (IL) <em>Advocate</em>, Aug. 25, 1870</p>n 1870. See Waterloo (IL) <em>Advocate</em>, Aug. 25, 1870</p>)
  • Base Ball Club of Boonville  + (<p>Jefferson City Tribune, Aug. 12, 1869</p>)
  • Jefferson Club of Washington v Franklin Club of Washington on 25 August 1865  + (<p>Jefferson won. 2nd nines</p>)
  • Ohio Falls Base Ball Club of Jeffersonville  + (<p>Jeffersonville (IN) <em>National Democrat</em>, March 18, 1875: "City News... The Ohio Falls Base Ball Club will not reorganize for the year 1875."</p>)
  • Club of Ventura  + (<p>Jeffrey Maulhardt, "Baseball in V<p>Jeffrey Maulhardt, "Baseball in Ventura County" p. 7 says the Ventura Club (the first in the county) organized in October 1873 and played its first game, against a local pick-up group, Nov. 29, 1873.</br></p><p>Ventura County CA is about70 miles NW of Los Angeles.</br></p>t;Ventura County CA is about70 miles NW of Los Angeles. </p>)
  • Fear Not Club of Hudson City  + (<p>Jersey City Daily Sentinel - 8/29/1855</p>)
  • Pavonia Club II of Jersey City  + (<p>Jersey City Daily Times Aug. 17, 1865</p> <p>Not the 1855 club.</p>)
  • Star Club II of Jersey City  + (<p>Jersey City Daily Times June 21, 1865</p> <p>Not the 1859 club.</p>)
  • Enterprise Club II of Jersey City  + (<p>Jersey City Daily Times May 11, 1866</p> <p>Different from 1859 club of same name.</p>)
  • Neptune Club II of Jersey City  + (<p>Jersey City Daily Times Oct. 17, 1864</p> <p>Not the 1859 club of same name.</p>)
  • In Hoboken on 23 June 1855  + (<p>Jersey City intraclub games with scores of 21-16 and 21-6</p>)
  • In Jersey City on 27 June 1855  + (<p>Jersey City intraclub games with scores of 21-8, 21-14, and 21-16</p>)
  • Teams from the army garrison in 1865  + (<p>Jesse Ziegler, Wave of the Gulf (<p>Jesse Ziegler, Wave of the Gulf (San Antonio, 1938), p. 183 mentions a game played there in 1865, under the New York rules, between a “crack team of the different [federal army] regiments stationed there” This may have been the first actual game played in TX under the NY rules. The troops were part of a Union army occupation force landed there immediately after the war.</p>there immediately after the war.</p>)
  • Club of Dodgeville  + (<p>Jim Carter's "Lafayette County Ba<p>Jim Carter's "Lafayette County Baseball" says that in 1868 Dodgeville played Mineral Point. In the 7th inning the visiting Dodgeville club was leading by 3 runs when a "bum decision" by the umpire sparked a players brawl. The spectators joined in, and the game collapsed.</p></br><p>The book has a photo of that 1868 team.</p>;/p> <p>The book has a photo of that 1868 team.</p>)
  • Jim Kimnach  + (<p>Jim Kimnach heads the Advisory Board of he Ohio Village Base Ball Team, which plays by 1860 rules in Columbus; the club is affiliated with the Ohio Historical Society.  His main baseball interest is in the nature of the game in the mid-1800s.</p>)
  • Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Exercise Club of Brooklyn on 1 October 1861  + (<p>Joe Sprague's first match against the Eckford Club.  The score was tied at 7 after four innings.</p>)
  • Club of Juneau  + (<p>Johanson, "The Golden Days of Bas<p>Johanson, "The Golden Days of Baseball" says that Juneau beat Douglas on July 4, 1892</p></br><p>The Juneau "Daily Alaska Dispatch" May 21, 1900 says Skagway's "boys" 15-17 challenge the Juneau boys to a baseball game. Same June 12, 1901 says Juneau "whalloped" Douglas last Sunday 11 to 4. Same July 17, 1901 has the Ketchikan club challenging Juneau, the state champions. The Juneau "Alaska Mining Record" April 5, 1899 says our newsboy union's members are playing baseball on the muddy street "in front of the post office..." The Fairbanks "Daily News-Miner," June 1, 1910, reports than in the annual three-cornered baseball tournament at Whitehorse, the Juneau club won over Whitehorse, Skagway and Douglas Island.</p></br><p>Juneau is Alaska's capitol. The article implies that the tournament had been played the year before.</p></br><p>Juneau AK (1900 pop. about 1,850) is on the Alaska panhandle and about 750 miles SE of Fairbanks.</p>op. about 1,850) is on the Alaska panhandle and about 750 miles SE of Fairbanks.</p>)
  • Club of Douglas  + (<p>Johanson, "The Golden Days of Bas<p>Johanson, "The Golden Days of Baseball" says that Juneau beat Douglas on July 4, 1892</p></br><p>The Juneau "Daily Alaska Dispatch" June 12, 1901 says Juneau beat Douglas last Saturday 11 to 4. Same June 24, 1901 has Juneau beating Douglas 22 to 11.</p></br><p>Douglas city is near Juneau, and now is a part of Juneau. Douglas had 1722 residents in 1910.</p></br><p>Douglas city played in the 1903 state tournament. The Juneau "Daily Record-Miner" May 17, 1904.</p>ayed in the 1903 state tournament. The Juneau "Daily Record-Miner" May 17, 1904.</p>)
  • J. B. Middleton  + (<p>John B. Middleton (both 1836, Easton MA) was a bootmaker.</p>)
  • John W. Dickens  + (<p>John Dickens was a native of Engl<p>John Dickens was a native of England who, after emigrating to the United States, joined the Union Army and settled in Nashville after the war. Dickens was the first president of the Cumberland Base Ball Club, but later moved to Louisville, Kentucky. See http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/f4bd13cc for his biography in the SABR Baseball Biography Project</p>raphy in the SABR Baseball Biography Project</p>)
  • Congress Base-Ball Club of Appleton  + (<p>John Faville, a member of the Cla<p>John Faville, a member of the Class of 1871 at Lawrence College in Appleton WI, is described as "catcher of the 'Congress Base-ball Club,' first base-ball club organized at Lawrence University.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a title="">[1]</a></sup></br></p><p>Appleton is in Eastern WI, is about 90 miles N of Milwaukee.</br></p></p><p>Appleton is in Eastern WI, is about 90 miles N of Milwaukee. </p>)
  • First Known Table-top Base Ball Game  + (<p>John Thorn writes:</p> <<p>John Thorn writes:</p></br><p><span>"Who is the Father of Fantasy Baseball? Most today will answer Dan Okrent or Glen Waggoner, but let me propose Francis C. Sebring, the inventor of the table game of Parlor Base-Ball. In the mid-1860s Sebring was the pitcher (clubs only needed one back then) for the Empire Base Ball Club of New York (and bowler for the Manhattan Cricket Club). At some time around the conclusion of the Civil War, this enterprising resident of Hoboken was riding the ferry to visit an ailing teammate in New York. The idea of making an indoor toy version of baseball came to him during this trip, and over the next year he designed his mechanical table game; sporting papers of 1867 carried ads for his “Parlor Base-Ball” and the December 8, 1866, issue of <em>Leslie’s</em> <em>Illustrated Weekly</em> carried a woodcut of young and old alike playing the game. A few weeks earlier, on November 24, <em>Wilkes' Spirit of the Times </em>had carried the first notice. </span></p></br><p><span> </span></p></br><table class="stats"></br><tbody></br><tr></br><td></br><p>The game had spring-loaded mechanisms for delivering a one-cent piece from a pitcher to a batter and by a batter into a field with cavities: "a pinball machine is not very different," John observes.</p></br></td></br></tr></br></tbody></br></table></br><p><span> </span></p>lt;/p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span> </span></p>)
  • East Newark  + (<p>John Zinn's "a manly pastime" (March 28, 2013 entry) blog locates this field just south and east of the railroad bridge over the Passaic River, linking Newark and Harrison. The address given above is approximate only.</p>)
  • Empire new grounds at the foot of Orchard St.  + (<p>John Zinn's "a manly pastime" blog identifies these grounds as being at the corner of Orchard St. and Thomas St. Near 102 Thomas St.</p>)
  • Champion Grounds, Jersey City  + (<p>John Zinn's blog locates their field at "the head of Erie St." between Grove St. and Jersey Ave. Above address is approximate location.</p> <p>Several other clubs played here, and at Hamilton Park, just to the north.</p>)
  • Fox Hill  + (<p>John Zinn, "Broke up by the Dutch<p>John Zinn, "Broke up by the Dutch Fight," Base Ball, vol. 8, maps this field as bounded by Willow, 10th, Garden, and 12th, near the then-Hackensack Turnpike.</p></br><p>See also the ad in the <em>New York Commercial Advertiser</em>, Dec. 2, 1833</p></br><p>See 1841 map of Hoboken in ProtoPix. Fox Hill was inland from Elysian Field.</p>>See 1841 map of Hoboken in ProtoPix. Fox Hill was inland from Elysian Field.</p>)
  • Playground Ball  + (<p>Johnson (1910) lists Playground Ball among seven “Baseball" games.  The rules of this game are not explained.</p>)
  • ? Johnson  + (<p>Johnson played second base for the Nashville Base Ball Club.</p>)