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  • Pastimes Club of Richmond v Picked nine on 30 July 1867  + (<p>...a game of base-ball played on Tuesday, 30th of July, 1867, at the old Fair Grounds, between the first nine of the Pastime Base-ball Club of this city and a picked nine of the conventional clubs of this city...</p>)
  • Quickstep Club of Tomkinsville v Quickstep Club of Bergen on 21 June 1860  + (<p>1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: M … <p>1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Matches to Be Played,” <em>Porter’s Spirit of the Times,</em> vol. 8, no. 17 (23 Jun 1860), p. 260, col. 2</p></br><p>(2) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Quickstep, of Bergen, vs. Quickstep, of Staten Island,” <em>Porter’s Spirit of the Times,</em> vol. 8, no. 18 (26 Jun 1860), p. 277, col. 1</p></br><p>(3) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Quickstep of Bergen, vs. Quickstep of Staten Island,” <em>Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times,</em> vol. 2, no. 17 (30 Jun 1860), p. 260, col. 2</p>860), p. 260, col. 2</p>)
  • Mechanic Club of Dorchester  + (<p>1) “Winnisimmet vs. Mechanic,” <em>New York Clipper,</em> [?] Aug 1860</p>)
  • Franklin Club f Salem v Pigeon Club of Salem on 11 June 1860  + (<p>10 a side</p>)
  • Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 4 November 1845  + (<p>10th Knickerbocker BBC intra-club game; 6 players on a side</p>)
  • Club of Newark v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 21 July 1864 1  + (<p>11 homeruns were hit.</p> & … <p>11 homeruns were hit.</p></br><p>Eckfords - Jimmy Wood, 2nd baseman - 3; Edwin Pinkham, pitcher - 2; Andrew Mills, third base - 1;  Weston Fisler, shortstop - 1; Henry Manolt, catcher -1; Courtney, right field - 1. </p></br><p>Newark - Thorne, center field - 1; Eaton, shortstop - 1.</p></br><p>Game time - 3 H, 30 M.</p>; Eaton, shortstop - 1.</p> <p>Game time - 3 H, 30 M.</p>)
  • Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 7 November 1845  + (<p>11th Knickerbocker BBC intra-club game; 8 players on a side</p>)
  • Farmers Club of Sixteen Acres v Club of Wilbraham Seminary in October 1860  + (<p>12 a side</p>)
  • Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 10 November 1845  + (<p>12th Knickerbocker BBC intra-club game; 8 players on a side</p>)
  • Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 15 November 1845  + (<p>13th Knickerbocker BBC intra-club game; 7 players on a side</p>)
  • Olympic Club of Clinton v Club of Leominster on 26 July 1860  + (<p>14 a side. Obviously MA rules.</p> <p><span>The NY Mercury, July 29, 1860, reported on several Massachusetts games. On the 25th, the Olympic of Clinton, MA defeated the Leominster Club 65-18.</span></p>)
  • In Cambridge in 1829  + (<p>14 year old Charles Henry Dana, l … <p>14 year old Charles Henry Dana, later the author of Two Years Before the Mast and a leading abolitionist, found the playing grounds at his new Cambridge school too small. "[N]one of the favorite games of foot-ball, hand-ball, base or cricket could be played in the grounds with any satisfaction, for the ball would be constantly flying over the fence, beyond which he boys could not go without asking special leave. This was a damper on the more ranging & athletic exercises."</p><p><br/> </p><p>Robert Metdorf, ed., An Autobiographical Sketch (1815-1842) (Shoe String Press, Hamden CT, 1953), pages 51-52. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 38. The text of the autobiography is unavailable via Google Books as of 11/16/2008.</p>he text of the autobiography is unavailable via Google Books as of 11/16/2008.</p>)
  • Jones' Retreat in Broadway  + (<p>1823--baseball played at the (Jones') Retreat in Broadway [on the west side of Broadway between what now is Washington Place and Eighth Street]. Near 718 Broadway.</p>)
  • Albany Cricket Grounds  + (<p>1856 and thereafter. Said to be in Greenbush, near the Greenbush Ferry.</p> <p>Other games played on the "Parade Ground."</p>)
  • Superior grounds in the lots bounded by Union, Henry, Sackett, and Clinton streets  + (<p>1857 on</p>)
  • Union College Club of Schenectady  + (<p>1859.11 – Union College Forms Bas … <p>1859.11 – Union College Forms Base Ball Team</p></br><p>Keetz, Frank M., The Mohawk Colored Giants of Schenectady (Frank M. Keetz, Schenectady, 1999), page 2. Keetz does not provide a source.</p></br><p>The <em>New York Clipper</em>, June 30, 1860 reports on  a game between the Mohawk of Schenectady and the Union of Union College. Gives a box score. Same, June 2, 1860, gives the box score of a May 19 game between these two, but the Union Club is said to be of "Upper Canada." (Ontario). [ba]</p></br><p>"By 1860, [Union College] class teams were competing at Union, setting the stage for the College's first know extra-mural game.</p></br><p>On May 9, 1860, the junior class team, having issued or accepted a challenge, lost (22-31) to the Mohawks, probably of Cohoes.  The College played other teams about the same time, and possibly a little earlier; no records survive . . . .  The June 1960 <em>Union College Magazine: </em>"Some very exciting matches have already been played, and challenges have been passed between this and several other colleges. [T]he game is found to be an excellent promoter of speed of foot, an accomplishment by no means to be despised." <em>Union College Magazine, </em><span>June 1860, quoted in Wayne Somers,</span><span>Encyclopedia of Union College History</span><span> (Union College Press, 2003), page 89. </span></p></br><p><span><span>"The Civil War soon [after May 1860] gave other employment to many would-be athletes, and although intramural teams were still playing in 1862, the college is not known to have played another outside team until July 1864, when it defeated Amsterdam and lost to the Albany Knickerbockers in the only two games that year.  For the next two decades, baseball remained the only sport in which Union competed with outside teams." Somers, op cit., p. 90</span></span></p></br><p> </p>es, baseball remained the only sport in which Union competed with outside teams." Somers, op cit., p. 90</span></span></p> <p> </p>)
  • Exercise Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>1860 Elected Officers (E. Miklich … <p>1860 Elected Officers (E. Miklich)</p></br><p>President - N.L. Pettet (E. Miklich)</p></br><p>Vice President - T.S. Phillips (E. Miklich)</p></br><p>Secretary - George J. Hardy (E. Miklich)</p></br><p>Treasurer - H.G. Dwenger (E. Miklich)</p></br><p>Directors - Jesse N. Coope, William Denton, John Cole Jr, William Simonson (E. Miklich)</p>;/p> <p>Directors - Jesse N. Coope, William Denton, John Cole Jr, William Simonson (E. Miklich)</p>)
  • Norristown Club of Norristown  + (<p>1860-61 Norristown Directory says this club formed Nov. 1859 and has John Roberts as president.</p>)
  • Rough and Ready Club of Hartford  + (<p>1860.56 – Three Hartford CT Base … <p>1860.56 – Three Hartford CT Base Ball Clubs on the Move</p></br><p>The Alligator, Rough and Ready, and Independent Base Ball Clubs announced meetings on a late October day. Hartford Daily Courant, October 27, 1860. Accessed via subscription search, May 21, 2009.</p></br><p>Hartford Courant, Oct. 11, 27, 1860 has the Alligator Club playing the High School (Rough and Ready) BBC an 8 on 8 game at the park, to 25 tallies.</p></br><p>We do not know if these clubs played by Association rules.</p></br><p>Query: Hartford was wicket country; do we know of any earlier base ball clubs in the area?</p>y: Hartford was wicket country; do we know of any earlier base ball clubs in the area?</p>)
  • Independent Club of Hartford  + (<p>1860.56 – Three Hartford CT Base … <p>1860.56 – Three Hartford CT Base Ball Clubs on the Move</p></br><p>The Alligator, Rough and Ready, and Independent Base Ball Clubs announced meetings on a late October day. Hartford Daily Courant, October 27, 1860. Accessed via subscription search, May 21, 2009.</p></br><p>We do not know if these clubs played by Association rules.</p></br><p>Query: Hartford was wicket country; do we know of any earlier base ball clubs in the area?</p></br><p>The <em>Hartford Courant</em>, May 19, 1860 reports that last evening at the City Hotel, the Independent BBC organized, and elected W. O. Sherwood as president. The club will play a game this evening "on Lafayette St.--old battle ground." </p></br><p>The Morris book says this club later was reorganized into the Charter Oak Club. Gershom Hubbell is said to have brought the NY game with him to Hartford when he moved there, from Bridgeport, in 1860.</p>l is said to have brought the NY game with him to Hartford when he moved there, from Bridgeport, in 1860.</p>)
  • Utica Club of Utica  + (<p>1866 Utica City Directory, p. 18</p>)
  • Eckford Club of Utica  + (<p>1866 Utica City Directory, p. 18</p>)
  • State Fairgrounds, Salem  + (<p>1867 game at the fairgrounds, which is where the modern fairgrounds are</p>)
  • Camp Lamb  + (<p>1867 games of the Harnett and Cape Fear BBCs were played at Camp Lamb, a Confederate army camp located on 6th Street, between Campbell and Hanover, in Wilmington's north part. About 600 N 6th St</p>)
  • Capitol Club of Topeka  + (<p>1868 Topeka City Directory, p. 141, says this club was organized in August 1867.</p>)
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