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• First Known Table-top Base Ball Game  + (<p>John Thorn writes:</p> < … <p>John Thorn writes:</p></br><p><span>"Who is the Father of Fantasy Baseball? Most today will answer Dan Okrent or Glen Waggoner, but let me propose Francis C. Sebring, the inventor of the table game of Parlor Base-Ball. In the mid-1860s Sebring was the pitcher (clubs only needed one back then) for the Empire Base Ball Club of New York (and bowler for the Manhattan Cricket Club). At some time around the conclusion of the Civil War, this enterprising resident of Hoboken was riding the ferry to visit an ailing teammate in New York. The idea of making an indoor toy version of baseball came to him during this trip, and over the next year he designed his mechanical table game; sporting papers of 1867 carried ads for his “Parlor Base-Ball” and the December 8, 1866, issue of <em>Leslie’s</em> <em>Illustrated Weekly</em> carried a woodcut of young and old alike playing the game. A few weeks earlier, on November 24, <em>Wilkes' Spirit of the Times </em>had carried the first notice. </span></p></br><p><span> </span></p></br><table class="stats"></br><tbody></br><tr></br><td></br><p>The game had spring-loaded mechanisms for delivering a one-cent piece from a pitcher to a batter and by a batter into a field with cavities: "a pinball machine is not very different," John observes.</p></br></td></br></tr></br></tbody></br></table></br><p><span> </span></p>lt;/p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span> </span></p>)
• East Newark  + (<p>John Zinn's "a manly pastime" (March 28, 2013 entry) blog locates this field just south and east of the railroad bridge over the Passaic River, linking Newark and Harrison. The address given above is approximate only.</p>)
• Empire new grounds at the foot of Orchard St.  + (<p>John Zinn's "a manly pastime" blog identifies these grounds as being at the corner of Orchard St. and Thomas St. Near 102 Thomas St.</p>)
• Champion Grounds, Jersey City  + (<p>John Zinn's blog locates their field at "the head of Erie St." between Grove St. and Jersey Ave. Above address is approximate location.</p> <p>Several other clubs played here, and at Hamilton Park, just to the north.</p>)
• Fox Hill  + (<p>John Zinn, "Broke up by the Dutch … <p>John Zinn, "Broke up by the Dutch Fight," Base Ball, vol. 8, maps this field as bounded by Willow, 10th, Garden, and 12th, near the then-Hackensack Turnpike.</p></br><p>See also the ad in the <em>New York Commercial Advertiser</em>, Dec. 2, 1833</p></br><p>See 1841 map of Hoboken in ProtoPix. Fox Hill was inland from Elysian Field.</p>>See 1841 map of Hoboken in ProtoPix. Fox Hill was inland from Elysian Field.</p>)
• Playground Ball  + (<p>Johnson (1910) lists Playground Ball among seven “Baseball" games.  The rules of this game are not explained.</p>)
• ? Johnson  + (<p>Johnson played second base for the Nashville Base Ball Club.</p>)
• Joseph Meier  + (<p>Joseph Meier was born in Prussia about 1847. The 1870 census has him listed as "Joseph Meyer" and in business as a tailor.</p>)
• Ball in MA in 1780  + (<p>Josiah Quincy was sent off to Phi … <p>Josiah Quincy was sent off to Phillips Academy in about 1778 at age six. It was a tough place. "The discipline of the Academy was severe, and to a child, as I was, disheartening. . . [p24/25]. I cannot imagine a more discouraging course of education that that to which I was subjected. The truth was, I was an incorrigible lover of sports of every kind. My heart was in ball and marbles." Biographer Edmund Quincy sets this passage in direct quotes, but does not provide a source.</br></p><p><br/> </br></p><p>Edmund Quincy, Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts (Fields, Osgood and Company, Boston, 1869), pages 24-25.. 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 36. Accessed on 11/16/2088 via Google Books search for "'life of josiah quincy.'"</br></p>ssed on 11/16/2088 via Google Books search for "'life of josiah quincy.'" </p>)
• Live Oak Jr. Club of Albany v National Sr. Club of Albany on 25 November 1865  + (<p>Jr vs Senior</p>)
• Uncle Sam Club of Ypsilanti v University Club of Ann Arbor on 17 October 1863  + (<p>Jr vs sr.</p>)
• Oneota Club of Brooklyn v Mattano Club of Astoria on 11 August 1860  + (<p>Jr. game</p> <p>(scheduled)</p>)
• Young America Club of Canastota v Club of Clockville on 13 September 1860  + (<p>Jr. vs. Sr.</p>)
• Union Star Club of Brooklyn E.D. v Club of Newtown on 24 October 1860  + (<p>Jr/Sr</p>)
• Harvard Base Ball Club of Harvard v Harvard Base Ball Club of Harvard on 1 October 1864  + (<p>Jrs 13, Sophs 10</p>)
• Enterprise Club of Troy v Union of Lansingburgh on 29 September 1863  + (<p>Jrs. Enterprise 2nd nine</p>)
• Estelle Club of Brooklyn v Montauk Club of New York on 29 November 1860  + (<p>Jrs. Montauk 2nd nine</p>)
• Resolute Club of Oswego v Star Club of Oswego on 22 October 1865  + (<p>Jrs. Resolute 2nd nine</p>)
• Star Club of Brooklyn v Eagle Club of Brooklyn on 2 June 1860  + (<p>Jrs.</p>)
• Rose Hill Club of Fordham v St. Francis Xavier Club of Fordham on 13 November 1860  + (<p>Jrs.</p>)
• Columbia Club of Orange v Union Club of Elizabeth on 28 August 1860  + (<p>Jrs.</p>)
• Resolute Club of Greenville v Mechanic Club of Jersey City on 6 September 1860  + (<p>Jrs.</p>)
• Live Oak Jr v Una Jr. on 15 October 1858  + (<p>Jrs.</p>)
• Contest Jr. v Nassau Jr. on 4 June 1859  + (<p>Jrs.</p>)
• Columbia v Oneida in New York on 27 November 1858  + (<p>Jrs.</p>)
• Montauk Jr. v Monitor Jr. on 9 October 1862  + (<p>Jrs.</p>)

• Alert Club of Hunt's Point v Irving Club of Morrisania on 25 July 1862  + (<p>Jrs</p>)
• Atlantic Club of Newark v Liberty Club of Newark on 24 October 1860  + (<p>Jrs</p>)
• Fraklin Club of Utica v Neptune Club of Utica on 12 August 1865  + (<p>Jrs</p>)

• In Santa Barbara in 1902  + (<p>Judith McKnight Jones, Soldado Descansa p. 351-2 notes that in 1902 in Santa Barbara the children of the ex-Confederate colony there played baseball in the local schoolyard</p>)
• Fearnot Club of Jug Ridge  + (<p>Jug Ridge is east of Sparta</p>)
• Julius C. Hart  + (<p>Julius C. Hart was born in 1829, … <p>Julius C. Hart was born in 1829, and moved to Ohio as a small boy. A schoolteacher, he enlisted in the 68th Ohio regiment as a private in October, 1861. Although he wasn't listed as wounded, he was discharged under a surgeon's certificate of disability in April, 1862, several days after the Battle of Shiloh.</p></br><p>Hart's wife Martha died Dec. 21, 1862, perhaps in childbirth to one of their three children. Hart may have served as a United States Detective in Nashville after the war, and in June 1865 he had set up, with fellow Rock City member Edward W. Metcalf, the Cumberland Mining and Petroleum Company. This corporation may only have existed on paper, and it is not clear what business Hart was in while he was in Nashville. The 1869 Nashville City Directory lists him as a "collector."</p></br><p>Julius Hart died in Nashville in May 1870, and is buried in Williams County, Ohio.</p>ed in Nashville in May 1870, and is buried in Williams County, Ohio.</p>)
• Reds Base Ball Club of International Falls  + (<p>June 2, 1904 issue covered the In … <p>June 2, 1904 issue covered the International Falls Reds game with the Baudette Base Ball Club which the Reds won easily. Those two clubs along with Warroad, Emo, Rainy River, and Fort Francis, Ontario formed the Rainy River Base Ball League that year. </br></p><p>International Falls was established in 1895, incorporated as a village in 1901 and a city in 1909. The Border Budget for 1904 (volume 6) is the oldest existing newspaper that covered the area; so while it is probable baseball was played earlier in the area, at this time, it can not be proven.</br></p><p>population in 1910 was 1,487....with a high of 8,324 in 1990. City is located on the Canadian border on the shores of Rainy Lake and the Rainy River.</br></p>he Canadian border on the shores of Rainy Lake and the Rainy River. </p>)
• Sprightly Snails Club of Penn Yan  + (<p>June 5th report (of June 1 game at Penn Yan) gives a box score.</p>)
• High school Club of Moorhead  + (<p>June 7, 1884.  pp. 1   "A game of … <p>June 7, 1884.  pp. 1   "A game of baseball took place this afternoon between the Fargo and Moorhead high school nines. It is still in progress."  </p></br><p> </p></br><p>June 9, 1884  pp. 1   "The game of baseball played on Saturday proved to be very interesting. Both clubs played a fine game, there being eight "goose eggs" , each club receiving four. The Moorhead boys had on their new suits and presented a very fine appearance. There was quite a number of spectators present. The following in the score by innings: </p></br><p>    Moorhead     2   4  0      0  0  4      2  0  X    =  12 </p></br><p>    Fargo           1   0  1      1  1  0      0  2  0    =    6</p>)
• Juniata Club of Hoboken v Tuscarora Club of New York on 9 June 1860  + (<p>Juniata 2 (?) 34</p> <p>Tuscarora 1 (?) 19</p>)
• Contest Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Junior Club (and predecessor of 1866 Contest Jr.)</p> <p>See the listing of junior clubs in Brooklyn in 1858, at Chronologies 1858.47</p> <p>Aka Contest of Gowanus.</p>)
• Lincoln Club of Lowell  + (<p>Junior champions of Lowell</p>)
• Riverside Base Ball Club of Nashua  + (<p>Junior club with none of the members over the age of 17 </p>)
• E. Pluribus Unum Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Junior club.</p> <p>See list of Brooklyn's 1858 junior clubs at Chronologies 1858.47.</p>)
• Independent Base Ball Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Junior club? See list of 1858 Bro … <p>Junior club? See list of 1858 Brooklyn junior clubs at Chronologies 1858.47.</p></br><p>President - W.B. Cummings</p></br><p>Vice President - C. Colton</p></br><p>Secretary - A.B. Noe</p></br><p>Treasurer - E.W. Thompson</p></br><p>Practice Days - Wednesdays and Saturdays</p></br><p>Practice Location - On the block bounded by Saskett, Hoyt, Union and Smith Streets</p> and Saturdays</p> <p>Practice Location - On the block bounded by Saskett, Hoyt, Union and Smith Streets</p>)
• Jerome Park Club of Fordham  + (<p>Junior club? See New York <em>Clipper</em>, Aug. 24, 1867. The <em>Ball Players Chronicle</em>, June 13, 1867, reports that the Active Jr. Club  of NYC has changed its name to the Jerome Park BBC. </p>)
• Wasp Club of Vergennes  + (<p>Junior club?</p>)
• Infant Club of Providence  + (<p>Junior club?</p>)
• Young Washington Club of San Francisco  + (<p>Junior club?</p>)
• Young Brodericks Club of San Francisco  + (<p>Junior club?</p>)
• Young Protectors Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Junior club?</p>)
• Montauk Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Junior club?</p> <p>See list of Brooklyn's 1858 junior clubs at Chronologies 1858.47.</p> <p>See Chronologies 1857.49.</p>)
• Carlton Club of Brooklyn W.D.  + (<p>Junior club?</p> <p>See list of Brooklyn's 1858 junior clubs at Chronologies 1858.47.</p>)
• Independence Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Junior club?</p> <p>See list of Brooklyn's 1858 junior clubs at Chronologies 1858.47.</p>)
• Lone Star Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Junior club?</p> <p>See list of Brooklyn's 1858 junior clubs at Chronologies 1858.47.</p>)
• Monmouth Club of Hoboken v Pioneer Club of Jersey City on 29 August 1859  + (<p>Junior game</p>)
• Star Club of Bloomfield v Active Club of Newark on 2 September 1864  + (<p>Junior, 2nd Nine</p>)