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Seymour Research Note: "7 Clubs Organized" [But We Now Know of 30]
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | |
| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
| City/State/Country: | Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, NY, NJ, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Notables | |
| Text | "1855 -- seven clubs organized. In 1856 four more." |
| Sources | Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809. He cites Robert Weaver, Amusements and Sports (Greenwood, 1939), page 98 ff. |
| Warning | |
| Comment | Note: Seymour did not name the seven listed clubs; drat. As of mid-2013, Protoball lists a total of 30 clubs operating in the NYC area New York State: nine were in Brooklyn (Atlantic, Bedford, Columbia, Continental, Eckford, Excelsior, Harmony, Putnam, and Washington), five in Manhattan (Baltic, Eagle, Empire, Gotham, and Knickerbocker -- all but the Baltic playing one or more games at Hoboken), two (Atlantic of Jamaica, Astoria) in Queens, and two (Union, Young America) in Morrisania [Bronx]. See [[http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NY]] In addition, twelve clubs are listed in New Jersey (Empire, Excelsior, Fear Not, Newark Senior, Newark Junior, Oriental-cum-Olympic, Pavonia, Palisades, Pioneer, St. John, and Washington). See[[http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NJ]]. These clubs played in about 35 reported match games; over fifteen reports of intramural play are also known. There are reports of only one junior club (in NJ) and match play by one "second nine" (a Knickerbocker match game). Corrections and additions are welcome. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Craig Waff, John Zinn, Richard Hershberger |
| Submission Note | Numerous communiques through 5/9/2013. |
| Has Supplemental Text |
1855.5 Seymour Research Note: "7 Clubs Organized" [But We Now Know of 30]"
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