Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge
| Nick Name | Lawrence Club |
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| Earliest Known Date | November 1858 -- Day and month unknown |
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| Location | Cambridge, MA, United States |
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| Nine Class | Junior |
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| Description | From Protoball Entry #1858.51 – At Harvard, Two Clubs Play Series of Games by New York Rules The Lawrence Base Ball Club and a club from the Harvard Law School played "regular matches" on campus. The Lawrence Club's 1858 Constitution stipulated that "the Game played by this Club shall be that known under the name of the 'New York Game of Base Ball'" under its March 1858 rules, and that it would play no other game. The dates of the games against the law school and the nature of that club as not known, but accounts exist of intramural games in 1858. "The Lawrence Base Ball Club," The Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Volume 25 (March 1917), pp 346-350. Accessed 2/16/10 via Google Books search ("lawrence base"). "The Lawrence Base Ball Club forms; members are chiefly from the Lawrence Scientific School, a part of Harvard University. It plays the "New York" style of the game." |
| Sources | "Harvard University Base Ball Club. Records of Organized Baseball at Harvard: an inventory". HUD 9500, Harvard University Archives. Summary of "Records of the Lawrence Base Ball Club", HUD 9600, Harvard University Archives. |
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| Comment | Cambridge had 26,060 residents in 1860. The Lawrence Base Ball Club was organized in November 1858 and was the first baseball organization associated with the Harvard. Its first members were largely students of the Lawrence Scientific School, and early members included Frederic Ward Putnam (Harvard College Class of 1862) and Jose Eulogio Delgado (Harvard College Class of 1858). Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Found by | Bob Tholkes |
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| Entered by | Bob Tholkes |
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know
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| Year | Games | Wins | Losses | Ties |
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| 1858 | 4 Played | 0 Won | 0 Lost | 0 Tied |
| 1859 | 1 Played | 0 Won | 1 Lost | 0 Tied |
Ballgames
| Page | Date | City | Borough | State | Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | First in | Contributor |
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| Ballgame | 1858-11-08 | Cambridge | MA | Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge | Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge | 27 - 9 | Cambridge, MA | Bruce Allardice | |
| Ballgame | 1858-11-11 | Cambridge | MA | Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge | Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge | 33 - 11 | Bruce Allardice | ||
| Ballgame | 1858-11-14 | Cambridge | MA | Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge | Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge | 32 - 39 | Bruce Allardice | ||
| Ballgame | 1858-11-18 | Cambridge | MA | Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge | Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge | 54 - 65 | Bruce Allardice | ||
| Ballgame | 1859-07-14 | Cambridge | MA | Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge | Dane Club of Harvard | 48 - 54 | Bruce Allardice |
Players
No players have been associated with this Club yet.
Playing Fields
| Field | Years | Edit Association with Club |
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| Cambridge Common | 1858 |
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