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• 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>)
• Ballgame in Denmark in 1978  + (<p>Although Denmark has a relatively … <p>Although Denmark has a relatively long history with baseball – it organized in 1978 and joined the Confederation of European Baseball in 1979 – the country's bat-and-ball focus has been on a sister sport: fast-pitch softball. . . . Much of this [softball] action is centered on the island of Sjaelland and in the greater Copenhagen metro area."</br></p><p>Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 200.</br></p>ball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 200. </p>)
• Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 11 June 1847  + (<p>Although these pages bear no date, this game is the second of three that appears without a date between the pages of the game of June 5 and June 22. As Tuesday and Friday were the usual game days, June 11 is a reasonable guess. (rc)</p>)
• Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 1 June 1847  + (<p>Although these pages bear no date, the game appears between the pages of the games of May 28 and June 5. As Tuesday and Friday were the usual game days, June 1 is a reasonable guess. (rc)</p>)
• Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 8 June 1847  + (<p>Although these pages bear no date, this game is the first of three that appears without a date between the pages of the game of June 5 and June 22. As Tuesday and Friday were the usual game days, June 8 is a reasonable guess. (rc)</p>)
• Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 18 June 1847  + (<p>Although these pages bear no date, this game is the third of three that appears without a date between the pages of the games of June 5 and June 22. As Tuesday and Friday were the usual game days, June 18 is a reasonable guess. (rc)</p>)
• Amateur Club of New York v Ambidexter Club of New Rochelle on 8 November 1865  + (<p>Amateur Club of New York: Junior</p><p>Ambidexter Club of New Rochelle: Senior</p>)
• Amateur Club of W. Hoboken v Star Club of Hudson City on 9 September 1865  + (<p>Amateur Club of W. Hoboken: Junior, 2nd Nine</p><p>Star Club of Hudson City: Junior</p>)
• Baseball  + (<p>America’s national pastime since … <p>America’s national pastime since about 1860. Writing about rounders in 1898, Gomme mused that “An elaborate form of this game has become the national game of the United States.”  The term “baseball” actually arose in England as early as 1748, referring to a simple game like rounders, but usage in England died out, and was soon forgotten in most parts of the country.  The term first appeared in the United States in 1791.</p>)
• American Club of Buffalo v Washington Club of Buffalo on 10 July 1856  + (<p>American (Buffalo) 50</p> <p>Washington (Buffalo?) 37</p> <p>(<em>New York Clipper:</em> “The young men … had a game at Base Ball … at an excursion to Alden, for an oyster supper, …”)</p>)
• American Eagle Club of Brooklyn v Ringgold Club of Brooklyn on 14 October 1858  + (<p>American Eagle 2 (xxx) 21</p> <p>Ringgold 1 (xxx) 11</p>)
• Quickstep Club of Bergen  + (<p>American Standard - 6/13/1860</p> <p>NYSM 590911</p>)
• Continental Club of Jersey City  + (<p>American Standard - 8/10/1860 </p>)
• Resolute Club of Jersey City  + (<p>American Standard - 8/3/1860 </p>)
• Apprentice Club of Jersey City  + (<p>American Standard - 8/8/1860 </p>)
• Jefferson Club of Hoboken  + (<p>American Standard - 8/9/1859</p>)