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Belle City Club of Racine + (A second Racine club, the Belle City Club, was formed in 1866. )
Olympic Club of Burlington + (A song, the "Daisy Cutter," was written in 1869 and dedicated to the Olympic BBC of Burlington. The sheet music is in the baseball Hall of Fame.)
Vigoro + (A sport that claims 1500 players among the women of Queensland, Australia, Vigoro is a souped-up version of (slightly down-sized) cricket. A key point is that if a ball Is hit forward of the crease, running is compulsory.)
Brooklyn Base Ball Club + (A subset of the Union Star Cricket Club. A Brooklyn City BBC is reported as organized in the Brooklyn Eagle, July 6, 1846. See John Thorn article in Base Ball, Fall 2009, Our Game blog Nov. 2, 2018.)
Badger Base Ball Club of Janesville + (A third Base Ball club in Janesvi … A third Base Ball club in Janesville was organized in the summer 1860, as the July 6 Janesville Daily Gazette wrote: "The members of the new Base Ball Club will meet at Dr. Pendleton's office tomorrow evening, July 7th, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of organizing the club, electing officer, &c." The club did meet, elected officers and named themselves the Badger Base Ball Club. The club decided to practice at the grounds of the <a title="Early baseball in Wisconsin/Club 6">Bower City club</a>. isconsin/Club 6">Bower City club</a>. )
Kickball + (A traditional school recess game … A traditional school recess game in the U.S., Kickball has lately grown in popularity as a co-ed adult game. Kickball strongly resembles Baseball, but the large rubber ball is put in play by bowled delivery and struck by a kicker-runner, who then runs from base to base. Plugging below the neck retires a runner who not at a base. The rules of the World Adult Kickball Association, with 25,000 registered members, specifies 11 players per team, 60-foot basepaths, and a strike zone about 30 inches wide and one foot high. On kickball history: "Kickball, originally called "Kicking Baseball" was claimed to have been invented as early as 1910 by Dr. <a title="Emmett Dunn Angell" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Dunn_Angell">Emmett Dunn Angell</a> in his noted book Play: Comprising Games for the Kindergarten, Playground, Schoolroom and College : How to Coach and Play Girls' Basket-ball, Etc (1910). His description and field illustration in this book is both the closest and earliest known precursor to the modern game of kickball. He also notes that "The game seems to afford equal enjoyment to the children and it gives a better understanding of the national game (Baseball), and at the same time affords them an exercise that is not too violent and is full of fun.".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickball#cite_note-Play-1">[1]</a>A later documented inventor claim, as early as 1917, was by Nicholas C Seuss, Supervisor of Cincinnati Park Playgrounds in <a title="Cincinnati" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, <a title="Ohio" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio">Ohio</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickball#cite_note-ThePlayground1917-2">[2]</a> Seuss submitted his first documented overview of the game which included 12 rules and a field diagram in The Playground Book, published in 1917. Kickball is referred to as "Kick Base Ball" and "Kick Baseball" in this book."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickball#cite_note-ThePlaygroundBook-3"> </a> Source: https://www.rookieroad.com/kickball/history/ According to another source, "The game [of matball] is a derivative of kickball and in most situations follows similar basics. According to history (site not provided), kickball Also known as kick baseball was invested [sic] in 1917 by Nicholas C. Seuss." Seuss is described as working for Cincinnati Park Playgrounds.Source: https://kickballzone.com/detailed-look-matball/all was invested [sic] in 1917 by Nicholas C. Seuss." Seuss is described as working for Cincinnati Park Playgrounds. Source: https://kickballzone.com/detailed-look-matball/)
Barn Ball (House Ball) + (A two-player game set against a w … A two-player game set against a wall or barn. The pitch is made from about ten feet away against the wall, and the batter tries to hit it on the rebound. If successful, he runs to the wall and back. If he misses the ball, and the pitcher catches the rebounding pitch on the fly or on one bound, the batter is out. Beard (1896) calls a similar game House Ball. It specifies a brick house, perhaps for the peace of mind of occupants. perhaps for the peace of mind of occupants.)
Egg-Hat + (A version of this game described … A version of this game described in 1860 has players place their hats near a wall. One of them tosses a ball from 15 feet away, and if the ball lands in a player’s hat, he tries to quickly plug a fleeing compatriot or else he receives an “egg” [a small stone] in his hat. Three stones and you’re out of the game.at. Three stones and you’re out of the game.)
In Rabaul on 6 June 1937 + (A volcano eruption interrupted a … A volcano eruption interrupted a baseball game at Rabaul, island of New Britain (now part of Papua New Guinea) on June 6, 1967. Cairns Post, Queensland, June 7, 1937.Gamble, "Invasion Rabaul" p. 37 notes that Rabaul in the 1930s, while under Australian occupation, had a baseball diamond.ile under Australian occupation, had a baseball diamond.)
Whoop + (A writer's recollection of past Boston sports, including base ball, includes the unexplained game of "Whoop.")
Rickets + (A writer's recollection of past Boston sports, including base ball, includes the unexplained game of "Rickets.")
Old Grope + (A writer's recollection of past Boston sports, including base ball, includes the unexplained game of "Old Grope.")
Burnside Club of Providence + (AKA Burnside Zouaves. See Bristol (RI) Phoenix, Aug. 7, 1869)
Dayton Club of Dayton + (AKA Daytons, Daytonians)
Club of Okemos + (AKA Farmers Club of Okemos. Lansing State Republican, Aug. 15, 1866)
Star of the East Club of Sanford + (AKA Star of the East of Kennebunk)
In Rio de Janeiro on 30 June 1867 + (AN INTERNATIONAL MATCH.–A match p … AN INTERNATIONAL MATCH.–A match played between and American and English nine, at Rio Janeiro [sic], on the 30th of July, was witnessed by an immense concourse of spectators, including many distinguished personages; among others, Prince Alfred of England, and his suite; also, many richly attired ladies. The contest was a splendid yet stubborn one; it finally resulted in the success of the Yankees, in a score of 11 to 9. The utmost good feeling prevailed throughout; and in the evening, a grand ball and supper was participated in at the American Hotel, where both parties toasted, and were highly complimentary to each other. Mr. McGowan, formerly pitcher in the Athletic Club, of Harlem, played his old position in this international affair.yed his old position in this international affair.)
Pastimes Club of Richmond v Maryland Club of Baltimore on 8 November 1866 + (ARRIVAL OF THE MARYLAND BASE-BALL … ARRIVAL OF THE MARYLAND BASE-BALL CLUB -- The following-named members of the Maryland Base-ball Club, guests of the Pastime Club of this city, arrived yesterday by the Norfolk boat, viz : J. D. Vaughan, O. G. Gorton, James D. Mullen, W. P. Montague, O. H. Henderson, George Lily, Wesley Lily, George Kirle, Walter Gwynn, William Post, F. J. Fairbanks. A friendly game will be played by these Clubs at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the old Fair Grounds. This Club will play on Friday evening with the Union Club. play on Friday evening with the Union Club.)
In Springfield in May 1860 + (Abe Lincoln is reported to have b … Abe Lincoln is reported to have been playing "town ball... with a parcel of boys" in Springfield when he was notified of the GOP nomination for president. See the Denver Post, May 30, 1860.Other sources claim Lincoln was watching, not playing, the game at this time. ching, not playing, the game at this time. )
Club of Clark + (Aberdeen [SD] Saturday Pioneer, Aug. 28, 1884, says that "last week" the lawyers of Clark beat the merchants 47-45 in a baseball game. Aberdeen (1890 pop. about 3,200) is in the northeast part of the state. )
Club of Frederick + (Aberdeen [SD] Saturday Pioneer, A … Aberdeen [SD] Saturday Pioneer, Aug. 5, 1884 says recently Columbia played Frederick for the championship of Brown County.Frederick SD (current pop. about 250) is about 20 miles NW of Columbia, and 25 miles N of Aberdeen, about 8 miles from the ND border. miles N of Aberdeen, about 8 miles from the ND border. )
Club of Columbia SD + (Aberdeen [SD] Saturday Pioneer, A … Aberdeen [SD] Saturday Pioneer, Aug. 5, 1884 says recently Columbia played Frederick for the championship of Brown County.The Tampico (IL) Tornado Sept. 22, 1883 prints a letter from Columbia regarding the travails of the Brown County (SD) BBC of Columbia.Columbia SD (current pop.about 150) is about 15 miles NE of Aberdeen and about 20 miles from the ND border. out 15 miles NE of Aberdeen and about 20 miles from the ND border. )
Club of Bridgewater + (Aberdeen [SD] Saturday Pioneer, Sept. 13, 1883, says "last Saturday" Bridgewater played Milltown. Bridgewater SD (1890 pop. about 400) is about 40 miles E of Sioux Falls SD. )
Club of Milltown + (Aberdeen [SD] Saturday Pioneer, Sept. 13, 1883, says "last Saturday" Bridgewater played Milltown. Milltown SD (current pop. 10)is about 170 miles S of Aberdeen SD and 65 miles W of Sioux Falls in eastern SD. )
Club of Aberfoyle + (Aberfoyle is in Puslinch Tp.)

Academy Club of Norfolk + (Academy lost to Institute 41-9.)

Squares + (According to Block, an 1838 encyclopedia describes the game of Squares as “roughly identical” to contemporary Rounders and Baseball.)
Kappenspiel + (According to Brewster, Kappenspiel is the German word for Hat Ball.)
Petjeball + (According to Brewster, Petjeball was the early Dutch term for Hat Ball.)
In Hutchinson on 4 July 1872 + (According to Gerald C. Wood's "Smoky Joe Wood" p. 39, citing historian Jim Swint, baseball came to Hutchinson in 1871, and the first official baseball game there was played July 4, 1872. No tema names are given.)
Stones + (According to Gomme (1898), stones … According to Gomme (1898), stones was a game played in Ireland in about 1850, using either a ball or a lob-stick. A circle of about a half-dozen stones is arranged, one for each player on the in team. A member of the out team throws the ball/stick at the stones in succession. If the defending player hits it away, all members of the out team must move to another stone. The in and out teams exchange places if a stone is hit by the thrower, the ball/stick is caught, or a player is hit while running between stones. player is hit while running between stones.)
Bandy-Wicket + (According to Gomme [1894], Bandy-Wicket is Cricket played with a bandy (a curved club) instead of a cricket bat. This name was evidently once used in Norfolk and Suffolk. "Bandy Wicket" was also used in the US.)
Bunting + (According to Gomme, a Lincolnshire glossary specifies that Bunting is a name for Tip-Cat.)
Covington Base Ball Club + (According to Henry Ellard, Base B … According to Henry Ellard, Base Ball in Cincinnati (McFarland, 2004), page 22, Covington hosted the Live Oak Club of Cincinnati on 9/15/1866, winning 28-21."BASE BALL.ALL GENTLEMEN OF COVINGTONThose desirous of forming a Base Ball Club are requested to meet at the residence of W.L. Grant, on Third Street between Madison and Scott, Covington, Ky., on SATURDAY EVENING, July 28 at 8 o'clock."Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, 28 July 1866 EVENING, July 28 at 8 o'clock." Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, 28 July 1866 )
Scranton BBC Field + (According to Hitchcock's History … According to Hitchcock's History of Scranton, the 1866 grounds were on "lands of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, on the low grounds between the bluff fronting Mifflin Avenue and the Lackawanna River." In late 1866 a railroad laid a track across these grounds, which were east of the river. The 1867 grounds were west of the river, on the lands of Ira Tripp, on what was then the Scranton race course, on Diamond Flats, bounded by the River on the east, the bluffs on the west, Court St. on the north and Providence St. on the south. After reviewing old maps, this appears to be about where the modern Valor Field/Veterans Memorial Stadium is, 816 Providence Rd.rans Memorial Stadium is, 816 Providence Rd.)
Eureka Club of Newark + (According to John Zinn's article … According to John Zinn's article on this team in "Base Ball Founders," the Eureka Club had several fields: 1860: On Railroad Ave. "a short distance below the Chestnut Street Deport" 1862: Newark Club Grounds, High and Court Sts.; 1865: Ferry and Adams Sts.h and Court Sts.; 1865: Ferry and Adams Sts.)
Washington Club of Hempstead, L.I. + (According to M. Wright, The NABBP … According to M. Wright, The NABBP [page 40], the Washington Club of Hempstead, Long Island, was a member of the NABBP in 1859.Hempstead is about 15 miles E of mid-Brooklyn NY. Thus, the Washington club may be the first base ball club in what is today Long Island. the first base ball club in what is today Long Island. )
Cerkelspelen (Circle-Game?) + (According to Maigaard, Cerkelspelen was “rounders without batting” as played in Flanders. The game evidently had five bases, with fielders near each one, but the infield area was occupied only by the in-team.)
Center Bridge + (According to Morris (ed.), "Base … According to Morris (ed.), "Base Ball Pioneers," the location was near where Seals Stadium was (16th and Potrero).This may be the bridge across Mission Creek, about Brannan and Potrero, just northeast of Sales Stadium, sometimes called "Mission Bridge."ast of Sales Stadium, sometimes called "Mission Bridge.")
Cluich an Tighe + (According to Morrison (1908) this … According to Morrison (1908) this game is “practically identical with the game of “Rounders.” He goes on to describe a game with three bases set 50 yards apart, with plugging and crossing as ways to retire batters. Games are played to 50 or 100 counts. The game is depicted as “practically dead” in Uist (In the Outer Hebrides off Scotland) but formerly was very popular.off Scotland) but formerly was very popular.)
Broadway Grounds + (According to Repplinger, "Basebal … According to Repplinger, "Baseball in Denver" the 1862 Denver game was played at the "Broadway Grounds," a location used for baseball in the 1870s. It was just north of the present day state capitol, on Broadway and Colfax, the site of the modern Civil Center Station.the site of the modern Civil Center Station.)
Winnebago County Fairgrounds + (According to a 2002 article, the … According to a 2002 article, the fairgrounds were exactly where the modern Fairgrounds Park is. The Winnebago County Agricultural Society Fairgrounds were used by several local teams, and for the 1866 baseball tournament held in Rockford. It was the site of the park for the short-lived Forest City professional club.e short-lived Forest City professional club.)
Bismarck and Camp Hancock Base Ball Club v D Company, 20th Infantry Base Ball Club on 10 August 1873 + (According to a game account in th … According to a game account in the Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck and Camp Hancock won the game, but the quality of print in the box score was too poor to make out a score. The D Company, 20th Infantry Club was comprised of soldiers from the nearby Army post, Fort Abraham Lincoln.Camp Hancock was an army post located in Bismarck.Fort Abraham Lincoln was about 7 miles SW of Bismarck ND.; Fort Abraham Lincoln was about 7 miles SW of Bismarck ND.)
Doutee Stool + (According to an 1860 text, players sit on stools placed in a circle, and one player tosses or strikes a ball into the air. If he retrieves the ball and hits another player before that player reaches the next stool, the two players switch roles.)
Poisoned Ball + (According to an undated early 19t … According to an undated early 19th-Century text, “La Ball Empoisonée” was a game for two teams of eight to ten boys involving repelling the ball (presumably by hitting it by the palm of the hand) and running to bases trying to avoid being plugged."THE IMPOISONED BALL. Eight should play at this game; and the method is as follows:"Make a hole, and mark it so as to know it again; then draw, to see who is to throw the ball; that done, he must endeavor to put it into one of the holes, and the person's hole it enters must take the ball and throw at a player, who will endeavor to catch it; the person touched must throw it at another, and he who fails in either of these attempts, or he who is touched, is obliged to put into the hole which belongs to him, a little stone, or a piece of money, or a nut, or any thing to know the hole by. This is called a counter. He who first happens to have the number of counters fixed upon, is to stand with his hand extended, and every player is to endeavor to strike the hand with the ball." to strike the hand with the ball." )
In Brazzaville in 1958 + (According to his obituary in the … According to his obituary in the Washington Post, Oct. 28, 2007:Francis N. Magliozzi, 92, a retired FSO, died Oct. 20 of congestive heart failure in Springfield, Va. He served in the Army during World War II. After joining the Department in 1947, he served overseas in Germany, Denmark, Iraq, Belgium, French Equatorial Africa (where he helped introduce baseball to children), Somalia and Burundi. Magliozzi served as US consul in Brazzaville, then part of French Equatorial Africa, in 1958 and 1959. Brazzaville is now the capitol of the Republic of the Congo (not to be confused with its neighbor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo).t to be confused with its neighbor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo).)
Alert Club of Elmira v Union Club of Elmira on 26 April 1866 + (According to the Chemung County H … According to the Chemung County Historical Society, the first organized baseball game played in Elmira was April 26, 1866, between the Erastus Ransom Alerts of Elmira and the Chemung Union club. The game was played where (in 1976) the Howell Box Company stood.Erastus Ransom was a local lawyer. Elmira is in Chemung County. Ransom was a local lawyer. Elmira is in Chemung County.)
Baseball Federation of Slovenia + (According to the IBAF website, th … According to the IBAF website, the Baseball and Softball Federation of Slovenia was founded in 1987.In the 1980s a Slovenian team of Ljubljana played some Italian teams. In 1989 a Slovenian team defeated the Partizans of Belgrade, Serbia.Slovenia joined the Confederation of European Baseball in 1993. The next year its team qualified for the top-tier European championships.The website lists 12 clubs over the years, 6 of which were active as of 2013.gt;The website lists 12 clubs over the years, 6 of which were active as of 2013.)
Antelope Base Ball Club of Kansas City v Pomeroys Club of Atchison on 12 August 1866 + (According to the Kansas City Time … According to the Kansas City Times (April 28, 1927), article titled "First Team a Knockout: Old Timers Recall Antelopes' Debut here in 1866," and online sources, the third game of a series between the Antelopes of KC and the Pomeroys of Atchison, was played in KC Aug. 12, 1866. Western legend Wild Bill Hickok was chosen an umpire, in the hope that his pistol prowess would keep the crowd controlled. The home team won 48 to 28. It should be noted that more modern research suggests that Hickok did not umpire this game.Kansas City MO (1860 pop. about 4500; 1870 pop. about 32,250)is on the Kansas border and about 270 miles W of St. Louis. border and about 270 miles W of St. Louis. )
Pomeroys Club of Atchison + (According to the Kansas City Time … According to the Kansas City Times, April 28, 1927, article titled "First Team a Knockout: Old Timers Recall Antelopes' Debut here in 1866," and online sources, the third game of a series between the Antelopes of KC and the Pomeroys of Atchison, was played in KC Aug. 12, 1866. The Atchison team was named after a prominent KS politician. It lost this game 48-28.Atchison KS (1860 pop. about 2600, 1870 pop. about 7000) is about 50 miles NW of Kansas City KS and in the NE corner of the state.NW of Kansas City KS and in the NE corner of the state. )
In Worcester in 1846 + (According to the State Lunatic Ho … According to the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, when "useful labor" wasn't possible for inmates, the remedies list: "chess, cards, backgammon, rolling balls, jumping the rope, etc., are in-door games; and base-ball, pitching quoits, walking and riding, are out-door amusements." Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, December 1846. Posted to 19CBB on 11/1/2007 by Richard Hershberger. Note: was "base-ball" a common term in MA then? by Richard Hershberger. Note: was "base-ball" a common term in MA then?)

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