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{{Ballgame |Name=Excelsior Club of Brooklyn v Putnam Club of Brooklyn on 25 October 1856 |Coordinates=40.689679, -73.9661358 |Type of Date=Day |Date=1856/10/25 |Country=United States |State=NY |Borough=Brooklyn |City=Brooklyn |Field=Wheat Hill |Modern Address=Washington Avenue and DeKalb Avenue |NY Rules=Yes |Innings=3 |Home Team=Excelsior Club of Brooklyn |Home Score=15 |Away Team=Putnam Club of Brooklyn |Away Score=21 |Description=<p>(3 innings)</p> <p>(<em>Porter’s Spirit of the Times:</em> “The day—notwithstanding the cold—was very fine for the players, who went to work with much spirit. … An important improvement in the fielding of this match, was shown by several fine catches being made on the fly, instead of the child’s play, ‘from the bound.’ This reform is not only more manly, but adds very much to the quickness of perception, and nerve and determination, which makes up the necessary qualifications of a complete fieldsman, either at Base Ball or Cricket.” [Lengthy description of dinner party follows.])</p> |Sources=<p>Wright, M. D. (2000) <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870" href="The_National_Association_of_Base_Ball_Players,_1857-1870">The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870</a></span>. McFarland: 5.</p> <p>(1) “Base Ball,” <em>Porter’s Spirit of the Times,</em> vol. 1, no. 10 (8 Nov 1856), p. 165, cols. 1-2</p> <p>(2) <em>New York Sunday Mercury</em> list</p> <p>(3) Peverelly, p. 53</p> |Has Source On Hand=No |Reviewed=Yes |Submitted by=Ralph Carhart |Entered by=Ralph Carhart |class=championship= }}
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