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• Fair Play of Greensburg  + (<p>Aka Play Fair of Ludwick, now a part of Greensburg</p>)
• White Lot south of the White House  + (<p>Aka Potomac Grounds, because this … <p>Aka Potomac Grounds, because this was the home grounds of the Potomac Club. Cf the Washington <em>Evening Star</em>, Sept. 12, 1860.</p></br><p>One veteran playing there during the war (Cornelius Savage, who worked in DC) later recalled Pres. Lincoln watching the ball games played there, See the <em>Rock Island Argus</em> and other newspapers, Feb. 11, 1922.</p></br><p>Clubs evidently were being phased out from playing there by 1869. See <em>National Chronicle</em>, May 8, 1869.</p>e being phased out from playing there by 1869. See <em>National Chronicle</em>, May 8, 1869.</p>)
• Saw Pitt Club of Port Chester  + (<p>Aka Sawpit</p>)
• Club of College of St. Francis Xavier  + (<p>Aka Social Club</p>)
• Crispin Club of North Bennington  + (<p>Aka St. Crispins</p>)
• Star Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Aka Star Jr.?</p> <p>declared senior 1859?</p>)
• Union Club of Woburn  + (<p>Aka Union Club of Woburn Watering Station</p>)
• Wayne Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Aka Wayne of Greenpoint?</p>)
• Wyandot Club of Flatbush  + (<p>Aka Wyandotte of Brooklyn? See New York <em>Dispatch</em>, June 17, 1866</p>)
• Extenuate Club of DeRuyter  + (<p>Aka X10U8 Club.</p>)
• Young Champion Club of Jersey City  + (<p>Aka Young Champion (Jr.)?</p>)
• In Liberia in 1944  + (<p>Akingbade, "U. S. Liberian Relati … <p>Akingbade, "U. S. Liberian Relations During World War II," <em>Phylon</em> v. 46 no. 1 (1985), p. 33 states that when Liberia entered the war in 1944, U.S. officers training Liberian officers introduced baseball and basketball into the training, for recreation and physical conditioning.</p> the training, for recreation and physical conditioning.</p>)
• Typographers of Chicago  + (<p>Aks Printers</p> <p>See ballgmes</p>)
• In Mobile in 1860  + (<p>Alabama was reportedly the origin … <p>Alabama was reportedly the original source of Cuban baseball.</p></br><p>"Baseball thus appeared in Cuba as early as the end of the U.S. Civil War and was thriving there only a few years later. Bats, balls, leather gloves, and rules for playing the new North American pastime were first carried to Havana by a pair of brothers, Nemesio and Ernesto Guillo . . . when the teenagers returned from a half-decade of high schooling at Alabama's Spring Hill College in 1864. Within mere days they were organizing rudimentary contests . . . in downtown Havana. Less than four years later, the Guillo brothers . . . had formed the Havana Base Ball Club."</p></br><p>Spring Hill College is in western Mobile AL, which is on the Gulf of Mexico and near the Mississippi border. It is a Jesuit institution and was established in 1830.</p></br><p>Mobile's population was about 29,000 in 1860, making it the 4th largest CSA city and the 27th largest in the US. Mobile's cotton exports were second only to New Orleans in the 1840s.</p></br><p><br/> OPEN ISSUE [1]: Does the Diaro article elaborate on the play, and the rules of play, used at the Alabama school? Can we ascertain when and how organized ballplaying, either the New York game or other forms, arrived at the school?</p></br><p>OPEN ISSUE [2]: Civil War historian Bruce Allardice points out that ballplaying at Spring Hill may have occurred in 1861 or so, rather than in 1864, as most southern academies lost both their students and faculties to the War and closed for its duration. Also, that Spring Hill College was a favorite place for New Orleans Catholics to send their sons, and as we know baseball was being played in New Orleans prior to 1860.</p></br><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Note.</span>  On 10/8/2022, ERalph Poore of Boise ID sent the following information:  "<span>Spring Hill College remained open throughout the Civil War. In 1861, Fr. Francis Gautrelet, S.J., visited Confederate president Jefferson Davis and asked that recruitment of lay faculty and students be stopped. Many students were too young to enlist, and enrollment increased in 1864 with families hoping to keep their sons out of military service. (See "Spring Hill College: Jesuit Educational Excellence Since 1830" by Gentry Holbert in Conversations on Jesuit Education, Sept. 2016.) Besides being a college, Spring Hill included a high school."</span></p>lbert in Conversations on Jesuit Education, Sept. 2016.) Besides being a college, Spring Hill included a high school."</span></p>)
• Club of Alamosa  + (<p>Alamosa (est. 1878) had 802 residents in 1880.</p>)
• Albany v Excelsior Club of West Troy in Albany on 9 July 1860  + (<p>Albany (Albany) 31</p> <p>Excelsior (West Troy) 28</p> <p>(8 innings)</p>)
• West Troy v Albany on 18 August 1859  + (<p>Albany 31</p> <p>West Troy 16</p>)
• Web-foot Base Ball Club of Albany  + (<p>Albany <em>States Rights Democrat</em>, June 27, 1868: "Base Ball--A Base Ball Club was organized in this city on last Thursday week" called the "Web-foot Base Ball Club." Also, a junior club is said to be forming.</p>)
• Scotch Highlanders Base Ball Club of Oregon City  + (<p>Albany <em>States Rights Democrat</em>, June 29, 1867 reports the formation of two new BBCs in that city: the Scotch Highlanders BBC (T. J. Spooner, president) and the (Juvenile) Tumwater BBC.</p>)
• Tumwater Base Ball Club of Oregon City  + (<p>Albany <em>States Rights Democrat</em>, June 29, 1867 reports the formation of two new BBCs in that city: the Scotch Highlanders BBC (T. J. Spooner, president) and the (Juvenile) Tumwater BBC.</p>)
• Joe Leggett Club of Cohoes  + (<p>Albany County</p>)
• Chicago White Sox players v American Pro All-Stars on 8 March 1889  + (<p>Albert Spalding made it a point t … <p>Albert Spalding made it a point to play in Paris during his 1888-1889 tour. "The American [Spalding] could confidently point out that baseball was a game of the masses in the United States. Many of the players on Spalding's tour had come from modest means and cold serve as proof of the value baseball could have in democratizing sports in France. The Paris contest was held on 8 March 1889 at the Parc Aerostatique . . . ."</br></p><p>Josh Chetwyne, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 158.</br></p>etwyne, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 158. </p>)
• Club of Albia  + (<p>Albia is today part of Troy</p>)
• Albion 2 v Mohawk 1 on 28 July 1858  + (<p>Albion 2 (xxx)</p> <p>Mohawk 1 (xxx)</p>)
• Alert Club of Troy v Roanoke Club of Albany on 23 July 1860  + (<p>Alert (Troy) 21</p> <p&g … <p>Alert (Troy) 21</p> <p>Roanoke (Albany) 7</p> <p>(<i>Troy Daily Whig:</i> “The Troy boys were pitted against competitors older and larger than themselves, but they achieved a signal victory.  If the Alerts will but continue their practice and act together, they will have a strong club that will reflect credit on the “muscle” of our city.”)</p> will have a strong club that will reflect credit on the “muscle” of our city.”)</p>)

• Alert Club of Troy v Alert Club of West Troy on 13 July 1860  + (<p>Alert (Troy)</p> <p>Alert (West Troy)</p> <p>(scheduled)</p>)

• Alert Club of Troy v Zouave Club of Troy on 5 October 1860  + (<p>Alert (Troy?) 40</p> <p>Zouave (Troy?) 24</p>)
• Alert Club of West Troy v Alert Club of Troy on 22 June 1860  + (<p>Alert (West Troy) 25</p> & … <p>Alert (West Troy) 25</p> <p>Alert (Troy) 23</p> <p>(<i>Troy Daily Whig</i> (3): “The Alert Base-ball Club of this city covered themselves with glory in their match on Friday with the West Troy Club, composed of lads much older and larger than themselves.  Their play is said to have been so excellent that it would have done honor to the old heads of the Victory Club, and although the Alerts were beaten by two runs, they are entitled to all the honors of victory.”)</p>erts were beaten by two runs, they are entitled to all the honors of victory.”)</p>)
• Alert Club of Brooklyn v Powhattan Club of Brooklyn on 29 July 1859  + (<p>Alert 2 (xxx) 34</p> <p>Powhattan Jr. (xxx) 7</p>)
• Alert Club of Troy v Empire on 15 September 1860  + (<p>Alert 2nd nine (Troy) 37</p> <p>Empire 1st nine (?) 27</p>)
• Alert Club of Brooklyn v Columbian Club of Brooklyn on 12 July 1865  + (<p>Alert Club of Brooklyn: Junior, 2nd Nine</p><p>Columbian Club of Brooklyn: Junior</p>)
• Alert Club of Montague  + (<p>Alerts v. Muffing nine. Box score given.</p>)
• Aleut Baseball  + (<p>Aleut Baseball, called a "Sugpiat … <p>Aleut Baseball, called a "Sugpiat novelty," has been played on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska.  The Sugpiat are a Native population.</p></br><p>Although called baseball, its rules resemble the Russian game [[lapta]], and players point out that the game differs from modern baseball in having only two safe-haven bases, retiring runners by throwing at them, and lacking a strike-out rule.  The area was once a Russian colony, and hundreds of residents are reportedly of Russian descent.  An airplane landing strip was the site of a game observed in 2007 and described in 2010.  The game is associated locally with Easter Sunday, with some games played in the dawn light after Easter services.</p></br><p>Attributes of Aleut baseball include:</p></br><p>[] there are no umpires</p></br><p>[] two large safe zones for runners at the ends of the field </p></br><p>[] two "home" areas for batting near the ends of the field</p></br><p>[] sides take turns batting</p></br><p>[] runners score one points when reaching an opposing base, and another for a safe return.</p></br><p>[] multiple baserunners after any  hit ball</p></br><p>[] caught flies put the side out.</p></br><p>[] soft tosses to batters</p></br><p>[] baserunners can pick up balls thrown at them and try to plug members of the fielding side</p></br><p>[] games can last several hours.  Some games end when one side passes an agreed number of points (runs).</p></br><p> </p></br><p> <strong>Note: </strong>Schoolchildren play a form of kickball resembling American baseball, using kicked rubber balls in place of batted tennis-style balls.</p></br><p>   </p></br><p> </p>ng>Schoolchildren play a form of kickball resembling American baseball, using kicked rubber balls in place of batted tennis-style balls.</p> <p>   </p> <p> </p>)
• Old Dominion Club of Alexandria v Mt. Vernon Club of Alexandria on 3 October 1866  + (<p>Alexandria Gazette, Oct. 3, 1866& … <p>Alexandria Gazette, Oct. 3, 1866</p></br><p>These teams had their home grounds near "Colross," the Mason family estate in what was then northwest Alexandria. Modern address, 1100 block of Oronoco, near the Russell Temple Church. Colross was bounded by Fayette, Pendleton, Henry and Oronoco Streets.</p>ounded by Fayette, Pendleton, Henry and Oronoco Streets.</p>)
• Avoirdupois Rangers of Nebraska City  + (<p>All over 225 lbs.</p>)
• Batton  + (<p>All we know about Batton is that in 1851 boys played a game in the village of Norfolk, MA - about 20 miles SW of Boston.</p>)
• Alleghany v Pittsburgh in Allegheny on 9 October 1857  + (<p>Alleghany 98</p> <p>P … <p>Alleghany 98</p></br><p>Pittsburgh 77</p></br><p>(suspended in third inning due to darkness; game was scheduled to be completed on Saturday afternoon)</p></br><p>(<em>Porter’s Spirit of the Times:</em> “The match was played by thirty men, equally divided, and consisted of three innings.”</p></br><p>The <em>Daily Pittsburgh Gazette</em>, Oct. 10, 1857 page 3 carries an account of this game, giving a list of the players. Headlined "The Match of Base ball"</p> carries an account of this game, giving a list of the players. Headlined "The Match of Base ball"</p>)
• Allegheny Club of Allegheny v Fort Pitt Base Ball Club of Pittsburgh on 26 July 1861  + (<p>Allegheny (Allegheny) 50</p> … <p>Allegheny (Allegheny) 50</p></br><p>Fort Pitt 13</p></br><p>(Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times: “a match game … between the first nine of the Alleghany Base Ball Club and the fist nine Fort Pitt (or members of Fort Pitt and other clubs, but played as members of one club, gotten up for the occasion).”)</p>of one club, gotten up for the occasion).”)</p>)
• Allegheny Club of Allegheny v Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh on 19 July 1860  + (<p>Allegheny (Allegheny, Pa.) 27</p> <p>Duquesne 26</p> <p>(return match)</p>)
• Allegheny Club of Allegheny v Pioneer on 13 September 1860  + (<p>Allegheny (Allegheny, Pa.) 28</p> <p>Pioneer 19</p>)
• Allegheny Club of Allegheny v Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh on 27 June 1860  + (<p>Allegheny (Allegheny, Pa.) 32</p> <p>Duquesne 31</p>)
• Allegheny Club of Allegheny v Keystone Club of Pittsburgh on 31 October 1860  + (<p>Allegheny (Allegheny, Pa.) 34</p> <p>Keystone 22</p>)
• Young America of Grafton v Young America of Grafton on 25 August 1858  + (<p>Allen's side 86, Bigelow's side 59</p>)
• Club of Alma  + (<p>Alma had 802 residents in 1880.</p>)
• Six Man Baseball  + (<p>Along those same lines comes a ve … <p>Along those same lines comes a version of baseball that I've never seen before. It was featured in the December 1939 issue of Popular Mechanics</p></br><p> and was invented by Stephen Epler to allow smaller groups of players to play games quicker. Epler had, five years previously, invented a game called "six-man football" so, naturally, he also came up with "six-man baseball". From the magazine:</p></br><blockquote><p>Each team is composed of six players – two infielders, two outfielders, a pitcher and a catcher. Instead of four bases, the "diamond" is composed of three, including home plate. Bases are equal distances apart – ninety feet when a hard ball is used – and they are located at the corners of an equilateral triangle. A full game is six innings, and two strikes, instead of three, retire the batter. Foul balls are counted as half-strikes, and the hitter is called out on four fouls. Three balls, instead of four, give a base on balls.</p></blockquote></br><p>The picture above is an artist's rendition of the sport, and, I have to admit, it looks intriguing. It got me wondering just how the game would play if baseball were really played this way.</p> got me wondering just how the game would play if baseball were really played this way.</p>)
• Alpine Club of New York v Union Club of Elizabeth City on 24 August 1860  + (<p>Alpine (NY) 20</p> <p> … <p>Alpine (NY) 20</p></br><p>Union (Elizabeth City, N.J.) 17</p></br><p>(NYT: “The Alpine Club played their first Base Ball match, since their organization at the beginning of the season …. The Alpine Club is composed of young men connected with the Jane street Methodist Episcopal Church, who take pleasure in healthy out-door exercise. … There is no reason why the next match of this young club, should not be graced with the presence of some of their fair friends, who would no doubt be highly pleased with the doings of their brethren.”)</p></br><p>(NDA: The Alpine Club “members belong to the Jane street Methodist Episcopal Church, who think that religion and healthful out of doar [sic] exercise are not incompatible.”)</p>oar [sic] exercise are not incompatible.”)</p>)
• Tut-Ball  + (<p>Also called Tut, this game was in … <p>Also called Tut, this game was in 1777 called “a sort of stool ball much practiced about the Easter holidays,” according to the OED. OED identifies Tut-Ball with [[Stoolball]] and [[Rounders]].</p></br><p>[A] Gomme also cites a view that “This game is very nearly identical with ‘rounders.’” Another writer is known to say that Tut-Ball is the same as Pize-Ball. </p></br><p>Gomme, however reports that balls were hit back with the palm of the hand, not a bat, at least in its earlier form.</p></br><p>[B] Writing in 1905, Joseph Wright said:  </p></br><p>"<span>Yorkshire</span>: Now only played by boys, but half a century ago [1850's] by Adults on Ash Wednesday, believing that unless they did so they would fall sick in harvest time.  This is a very ancient game, and was elsewhere called stool-ball. [West Yorkshire]. <span>Shropshire</span>: Tut-ball; as played at a young ladies school at Shiffnal fifty years ago. (See also [[1850c.34]]).  The players stood together in their 'den,'behind a line marked on the ground, all except one, who was 'out', and who stood at a distance and threw the ball to them.  One of the players in the den then hit back the ball with the palm of the hand, and immediately ran to one of three brick-bats, called 'tuts' . . . .  The player who was 'out' tried to catch the ball and to hit the runner with it while passing from one 'tut' to another.  If she succeeded in doing so she took her place in the den and the other went 'out' in her stead.  This game is nearly identical with rounders."<span> </span></p> rounders."<span> </span></p>)
• Nameless Club of Cornell  + (<p>Also mentioned in 1875 are the Lone Star and Mutual BBCs of Cornell.</p>)
• Bismarck and Camp Hancock Base Ball Club  + (<p>Also referred to as the "Bismarck Nine". A.J. Smith, Captain. </p>)
• Bulloch Club of Philadelphia  + (<p>Also spelled Bullock</p>)
• Alstyne's Prairie  + (<p>Alstyne's Prairie was between 12th and 18th Sts., and Broadway/Chestnut Sts., just opposite modern Quincy University.</p>)