1858.50
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New York Game Reaches Philadelphia
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Location | PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia |
| City/State/Country: | Philadelphia, PA, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | [A] "Although the Minerva Club was established in 1857, it members lived a quiet and largely unpublicized existence. The first report of the New York game of baseball in the city was an item noting an 1858 Thanksgiving Day match between two teams composed of members of the Pennsylvania Tigers Social Base Ball and Quoit Club." [B] Also: "PENN TIGERS BASE BALL CLUB. - The Two Nines of this club played their first match on Monday, 13th inst, at Philadelphia, Boyce's party beating Broadhead's by only one run, the totals being 24 and 23."
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| Sources | Unidentified clipping in the Mears collection; by context it may have appeared in late spring of 1859. [A] William Ryczek, Baseball's First Inning (McFarland, 2009), page 115. His source for the 1858 game is the New York Clipper, November 27, 1858. [B] From Craig Waff's Games Tab 1.0.
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| Comment | "The quoits part seems to have dropped out of usage pretty quickly, and they changed their name to the Winona BBC the following year. The Winonas disbanded in 1864, bequeathing their trophies to the Keystones." Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | Craig Waff |
| Submission Note | September 2008; comment by Richard Hershberger 7/15/2013 |
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1858.50 New York Game Reaches Philadelphia"
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