Chronology:Between Hoboken and the Otto Cottage

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1846.23 New Jersey Youths Spotted "playing 'base ball'"

Game:

Base Ball

Age of Players:

Youth

We saw a number of youths engaged at playing “base ball,” last week, in the green between Hoboken and the Otto Cottage.  “Base ball” is a fine, healthy game, but should not be allowed in such a crowded thoroughfare, where women and children are constantly passing and liable to be severely hurt.  

Sources:

The Atlas (New York) May 31, 1846

Comment:

So -- base ball was not the exclusive practice of adult clubs in Manhattan.

Otto Cottage Garden long stood between Newark  and 1st St.. on Hudson St. extending down toward the river. It was named after an opera singer.

Year
1846
Item
1846.23
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