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• In Utica in 1845  + (<p>Melville, "The Tented Field" says that Utica had cricket as early as 1845.</p> <p>The <em>Washington Republic</em>, Aug. 19, 1852 reports on a cricket match between Utica and NYC clubs.</p>)
• Union Club of Waterford  + (<p>Members of the Union Club of Waterford reportedly attended a game between the Victory Club of Troy and the Albany Club in 1860.</p> <p>Waterford NY is about 10 miles N of Albany.</p>)
• In Talladega in 1865  + (<p>Members of the Union garrison played the first baseball in Talladega in 1865.</p>)
• Lawrence's side v Lovejoy's side on 15 April 1858  + (<p>Men of Waverly and Trapelo</p>)
• Southwestern Base Ball Club of Chattanooga  + (<p>Mentioned as a club represented a … <p>Mentioned as a club represented at the Tennessee State Convention of Base Ball Players held on May 1, 1867. <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038521/1867-05-03/ed-1/seq-3/" rel="nofollow">http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038521/1867-05-03/ed-1/seq-3/</a></p>gov/lccn/sn85038521/1867-05-03/ed-1/seq-3/</a></p>)
• Monitor Club of Ann Arbor  + (<p>Mentioned in Morris, "Base Ball Pioneers," p. 190.</p> <p>Aka Ericsson Club, after the designer of the USS Monitor?</p>)
• Red, White and Blue Club of Marshall  + (<p>Mentioned in Morris, "Base Ball Pioneers," p. 190.</p>)
• First Nationals Club of Hancock  + (<p>Mentioned in Morris, "Base Ball Pioneers," p. 199.</p>)
• Badgers Jr. Club of Beloit  + (<p>Mentioned in the Chicago Tribune, Sept. 5, 1867, as playing in a baseball tournament in Beloit.</p>)
• Rock River Club of East Beloit  + (<p>Mentioned in the Chicago Tribune, Sept. 5, 1867, as playing in a baseball tournament in Beloit.</p>)
• Eagle Club of Beloit  + (<p>Mentioned in the Chicago Tribune, Sept. 7, 1867, as playing in a baseball tournament in Beloit.</p>)
• Excelsior Jr. Club of Janesville  + (<p>Mentioned in the Chicago Tribune, Sept. 5, 1867, as playing in a baseball tournament in Beloit.</p> <p>Formed in 1867. See Janesville Gazette, Feb. 4, 1905</p> <p>This club and the Bower City II merged in 1868 to form the Mutuals.</p>)
• Germantown Club of Philadelphia  + (<p>Mentioned in <span>Peverelly (1866) pp. 504-505</span></p>)
• Girard College  + (<p>Mercantile Club grounds.</p> … <p>Mercantile Club grounds.</p></br><p>Game played "in the rear of Girard College"</p></br><p>The Philadelphia <em>Inquirer,</em> June 19, 1860 has an article on where the local clubs play, and says the Mercantile Grounds are at 19th and Columbia (now, Cecil B. Moore) Streets. This location is a bit north and east of Girard College. 19th and Columbia would be close to the "17th and Columbia" that Shiffert gives as he location of Camac Woods.</p>se to the "17th and Columbia" that Shiffert gives as he location of Camac Woods.</p>)
• University Base Ball Club  + (<p>Merged with the Cornell BBC April 30, 1870</p>)
• Metamora Club of Fordham v Surprise Club of West Farms on 19 October 1865  + (<p>Metamora Club of Fordham: Junior</p><p>Surprise Club of West Farms: Senior</p>)
• Metamora Club of Philadelphia v Chesnut Hill Club of Philadelphia on 30 August 1865  + (<p>Metamora Club of Philadelphia: Junior</p><p>Chesnut Hill Club of Philadelphia: Senior</p>)
• Metamora Club of Philadelphia v Chesnut Hill Club of Philadelphia on 16 September 1865  + (<p>Metamora Club of Philadelphia: Junior</p><p>Chesnut Hill Club of Philadelphia: Senior</p>)
• Metropolitan Club of New York v Hamilton Club of Brooklyn on 4 September 1858  + (<p>Metropolitan (NY) 54</p> <p>Hamilton (xxx) 14</p> <p>(8 innings)</p>)
• Club of Mexia  + (<p>Mexia had 1,674 residents in 1890</p>)
• Club of Mexicali  + (<p>Mexicali was founded in 1903.</p>)
• Club of Mexico, MO  + (<p>Mexico, MO had 2,602 residents in 1870</p>)
• In DuPont in 1841  + (<p>Michael Johnson, “Beyond the Base … <p>Michael Johnson, “Beyond the Baselines: Baseball in the Hawaiian Islands as a Transnational Sport, 1840-1945” (UH Manoa, PHD dissertation, 2014) cites the journal of J. L. Fox of the Wilkes expedition, exploring the Oregon Territory (which included what is now the state of Washington), that at Nisqually (modern DuPont, WA) in 1841 the sailors of the USS Vincennes played a game with bats and balls.</p><p>The exact game is unclear.</p>lt;/p><p>The exact game is unclear.</p>)
• Meteor Club of Mifflin  + (<p>Mifflin was founded as Patterson. There's also a Mifflintown. Both are in Juniata County.</p>)
• Oriental Club of Milford  + (<p>Milford (fd 1639) had 3,405 residents in 1870.</p>)

• Adjutant General's Office of Washington  + (<p>Military</p>)

• Eclipse Club of Erie  + (<p>Miller, "History of Erie County, Pennsylvania" v. 1 p. 831, 852 gives the officers of the Erie City club in 1866, and says there was an Eclipse Club in the city in that year.</p>)
• Allen Club of Millville  + (<p>Millville is today part of Brunswick. Col. Allen owned the Eagle Mills here.</p>)
• Minerva Base Ball Club of Philadelphia v Leola Club of Philadelphia on 17 November 1860  + (<p>Minerva 2 (?) (W by 10 runs)</p> <p>Leola 2 (?) (L)</p>)
• Minneapolis Base Ball Club v High School Club on 21 August 1867  + (<p>Minneapolis 2nd nine</p>)
• Minnisceongo Club of Haverstraw  + (<p>Minnisceongo BBC mentioned in the <em>Rockland County Journal</em>, July 2, 1870</p> <p>Haverstraw had 6412 residents in 1870.</p>)
• Olympic Club of St. Catherines  + (<p>Mitchell's 1865 St. Catherines Directory says this club has about 30 members, with J. Bell as president.</p>)
• Mitchie Club of Mitchie  + (<p>Mitchie is a precinct in Monroe County.</p> <p>The Mitchie's played the Hillsboro Club of Victoria, MO in 1870. See Waterloo (IL) <em>Advocate</em>, Aug. 25, 1870</p>)
• Nashawanack Club of East Hampton v Olympian Club of Northampton on 31 June 1860  + (<p>Mixed rosters</p>)
• Mohawk Club of Schenectady v Excelsior Club of West Troy on 14 September 1860  + (<p>Mohawk (Schenectady) 37</p> <p>Excelsior (West Troy) 33</p>)
• Mohawk v Clinton in New York on 5 November 1859  + (<p>Mohawk 2 (?) 17</p> <p>Clinton 1 (?) 10</p> <p>(5 innings, “on account of the members of the Clinton giving up the game at that time.”)</p>)
• Mohawk Club of Brooklyn v Starlight Club of Jersey City on 3 November 1859  + (<p>Mohawk 2nd nine</p>)
• In Mongolia in 1994  + (<p>Mongolia is recorded as having a baseball federation in 1994. It is an IBAF member.</p>)
• Monitor Club of Goshen v Resolute Club of Brooklyn on 8 October 1864  + (<p>Monitor Club of Goshen: Senior</p> <p>Resolute Club of Brooklyn: Senior, 2nd Nine.</p> <p>Resolute (2) played the Monitor, while the Resolute (1) played the Hudson River.</p>)
• Monongahela Club of Monongahela City  + (<p>Monongahela had 1,078 residents in 1870.</p>)
• Club of Moscow, Idaho  + (<p>Monroe, "Moscow," p. 72: "Moscow had a town base ball team as early as 1885."</p> <p>Moscow was founded in 1875. It had 76 residents in 1880, 2484 by 1900.</p>)
• Montague Club of New York v Empire Jr. Club of New York on 30 September 1865  + (<p>Montague Club of New York: Junior, 2nd Nine</p><p>Empire Jr. Club of New York: Junior</p>)
• Zouave Club of Morgan Township  + (<p>Morgan Township, Ashtabula County</p>)
• Clumsy Club of Morley, NY  + (<p>Morley is/was a hamlet south of Ogdensburgh.</p> <p>Aka "Clumsy Boys"</p>)
• Morphy Club of Brooklyn v Prospect on 1 July 1859  + (<p>Morphy (Brooklyn) 41 or 47</p> <p>Prospect 15</p>)
• Morphy v Vigilant in New York on 29 September 1859  + (<p>Morphy 2 (?)</p> <p>Vigilant 2 (?)</p> <p>(scheduled)</p>)
• Flour City Club of Rochester v Niagara Club of Buffalo on 3 September 1858  + (<p>Morris et al., "Base Ball Pioneers"</p>)
• Kent Base Ball Club of Grand Rapids v Custer Club of Ionia on 24 May 1867  + (<p>Morris et al., "Base Ball Pioneers"</p> <p>The Custer club won</p>)
• In St. Louis in 1856  + (<p>Morris et al., "Base Ball Pioneers," p. 281, says that in 1858 at least 3 cricket clubs were playing in St. Louis.</p> There was a Jackson CC in St. Louis in 1856)
• Forest City Base Ball Club of Cleveland  + (<p>Morris et al., "Baseball Pioneers … <p>Morris et al., "Baseball Pioneers: 1850-1870," p. 125, notes that while baseball was played in Cleveland as early as 1857, the first club, the Forest City, was not formed until late August 1865. The first game of the Forest City was Oct. 20, 1865, at "the Old State Fair Grounds," with Forest City losing to the Penfield Club of Oberlin College 67-28.</p></br><p>The Cleveland Leader, Sept. 1, 1865, reports a BBC formed Aug. 31, with W. N. Hudson elected presdient. It played a practice game Sept. 19 and Nov. 9th.</p></br><p>By 1866 "at least 11 new clubs" had been formed in Cleveland, and a prize was being offered for the championship team of the Western Reserve.</p></br><p>This club by 1869 or so was sometimes called the "Blue Stockings"</p>p> <p>This club by 1869 or so was sometimes called the "Blue Stockings"</p>)
• Independents Club of San Francisco  + (<p>Morris et al., <em>Base Ball Pioneers</em>, p. 320, says that in 1866 the Independents, Liberty, Occidental, Eclipse and Broderick clubs existed in San Francisco,</p>)