Olympics Club of Victoria
| Nick Name | Olympics |
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| Earliest Known Date | Wednesday, September 12, 1866 |
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| Location | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Nine Class | Senior |
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| Description | Portland Oregonian, Sept. 11, 1872 mentions the Olympics BBC of Victoria, British Columbia, playing the Washington BBC of Olympia, WA. Victoria Weekly British Colonist, Sept. 18, 1866 announces the formation of this club "last evening" under the NY rules. Mr. Gillon, president, E. McQuade, Secy. The Victoria Evening Telegraph, Sept. 13, 1866 says this club formed "last night" at the Gymnasium, View Street, elected a Mr. Gillan as president, and adopting the NY rules. Victoria BC (1871 pop. about 3,300) is about 110 kilometers SW of Vancouver BC and about 120 miles NW of Seattle WA. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT VICTORIA OLYMPICS: From: http://www.vdba.ca/pages-added/beginning-of-baseball-.php The Victoria Olympics were playing as early as 1866. There was baseball played in Beacon Hill in Victoria in as early as 1863, and this site has a photograph of a game and notes it as being 1862: http://www.beaconhillpark.ca/beacon_hill_park_photos.htm |
| Sources | Victoria Evening Telegraph, Sept. 13, 1866 |
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| Has Source On Hand | No |
| Comment | The first president, elected when the club first formed in 1866, was James Gillon, the manager of the Bank of British North America. I wasn’t able to track down much more information about Gillon; suffice to say that running a bank automatically catapults a person to the top of society. The secretary was E.A. McQuade, short for Edward Augustine. He was the son of Peter McQuade, an Irish immigrant. The McQuade family appears to have immigrated to Albany, New York prior to the Great Famine. From there, they moved to San Francisco for a few years in the mid-1850s and were part of the gold rush crew that left for Victoria in 1858. In Victoria, Peter opened a ship chandlery, P. McQuade & Sons. (Amanda Cumming, "54-40 or Play Ball" Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
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| Entered by | Bruce Allardice |
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| Entry Origin | Sabrpedia |
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know
Warning: Users should not rely on a team's won-loss record as a reflection of its "standing" among all base ball clubs. Team schedules were not balanced, and a good record against mostly weak opponents does not signify a leading club.
| Year | Games | Wins | Losses | Ties |
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| 1866 | 7 Played | 1 Won | 2 Lost | 0 Tied |
| 1869 | 5 Played | 3 Won | 1 Lost | 0 Tied |
| 1872 | 2 Played | 0 Won | 0 Lost | 0 Tied |
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