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• Marble Valley Club of Rutland v Commercial Club of Rutland on 5 November 1864  + (<p>Rutland Herald, Oct. 27, 1864, Nov. 10, 1864</p>)
• Commercial Club of Rutland  + (<p>Rutland Weekly Herald, Nov. 10, 1864. The Commercials were the club of the local Commercial College.</p>)
• Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Empire Club of New York on 22 September 1858  + (<p>Ryczek claims the score of this game was 28-25.  Wright claims it was a tie at 21-21.</p>)
• In Leesburg in 1845  + (<p>SABR Origins newsletter March 2011 notes that town ball was played here in the 1840s.</p>)
• Sacramento Base Ball Club v Union Club of Sacramento on 11 April 1860  + (<p>Sacramento (Sacramento) 15</p& … <p>Sacramento (Sacramento) 15</p></br><p>Union (Sacramento) 10</p></br><p>(<em>Porter’s Spirit of the Times:</em> “Both clubs had tents pitched for the accommodation and entertainment of their many friends; and although the clubs are hearty rivals in the game of base ball, everything passed off in the most courteous and amicable manner.”)</p>ything passed off in the most courteous and amicable manner.”)</p>)
• Sacramento Base Ball Club v Union Club of Sacramento on 2 March 1860  + (<p>Sacramento (Sacramento) 20</p> <p>Union (Sacramento) 14</p> <p>(<em>Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times:</em> “Samuel Moore, of the Putnam Base Ball Club, of Brooklyn, N.Y., acting as umpire, …”)</p>)
• Sacramento Base Ball Club v Stockton Base Ball Club on 24 October 1860  + (<p>Sacramento 48</p> <p> … <p>Sacramento 48</p></br><p>Stockton 11</p></br><p>Sacramento 73</p></br><p>Live Oak 7</p></br><p>From Protoball Entry #1860.41 – Base Ball Tourney in California</p></br><p>In October, three teams – Sacramento, Stockton, and the Live Oak – played games in Stockton, with Sacramento winning the $50 prize ball, beating Stockton 48-11 and then pasting Live Oak 78-7. New York Clipper (dates omitted in scrapbook clips; the second is annotated "Oct" in hand). Provided from the Mears Collection scrapbooks by Craig Waff, September 2008.</p></br><p>(<em>New York Clipper:</em> “Our national game has, we are glad to find, its enthusiastic followers as well, in the Golden as the Empire State, and, we doubt not, some as skillful players.  It is not surprising, therefore, that a wholesome emulation should exist, and a liberal rivalry manifest itself between the leading clubs, so much so as to create the desire to know which is the champion club.  To this end a tournament has taken place between the three acknowledged first, namely, the Stockton, Sacramento, and Live Oak.”</p>e between the three acknowledged first, namely, the Stockton, Sacramento, and Live Oak.”</p>)
• Sacramento Base Ball Club  + (<p>Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 18 … <p>Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 18, Number 2694, 15 November 1859</p></br><p>Sacramento Base Ball Club.— A Base Ball Club under the above name, to be conducted under the rules of the New York Clubs, recently adopted, was organized in this city last evening by a number of our young men. The following</p></br><p>is a list of the officers elected : President, Chas. T. Leonard ; Vise President, W. H. Lee ; Secretary, John E. Isaac ; Treasurer, E. B. Mott. We hope that other Clubs of the same description will be organized, so that there may be some competition. The exercise attendant on the fame is sufficient to commend it to the favorable notice of all our young men.</p></br><p>"Sacramento can lay claim to the first active ballclub in the state: the Sacramento Base Ball Club, established in the closing months of 1859.  This development caused feathers to be ruffled all over San Francisco, where a local newspaper wondered how Sacramento could have beaten California's largest city to the punch.  Within days the San Francisco Base Ball Club was born."</p> the San Francisco Base Ball Club was born."</p>)
• Sagamore Club of Portland v Augusta on 24 August 1860  + (<p>Sagamore (Portland) 27</p> … <p>Sagamore (Portland) 27</p></br><p>Augusta (Augusta) 9</p></br><p>(<em>Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times:</em> “… the Sagamores of Portland made a brief jaunt to Augusta, to play a friendly game with the Augusta Club, who had challenged them.  The trial came off in the presence of some one thousand to twelve hundred spectators.  Both clubs play the New York game.  In the evening both clubs participated in a splendid dinner at the Augusta House.  Previous to this entertainment both clubs, accompanied by their friends, formed in procession, and headed by a fine band of music, paraded through several of the principal thouroughfares of Augusta.”)</p>ncipal thouroughfares of Augusta.”)</p>)
• Sagamore Club of Portland v Portland Base Ball Club on 21 August 1860  + (<p>Sagamore Jr. 24</p> <p>Portland (Portland) 22</p> <p>(base ball – N.Y. rules)</p>)
• Sagamore Club of Portland v Putnam Club of Portland on 15 September 1860  + (<p>Sagamore lost</p>)
• Alkali Treaders Club of Saguache  + (<p>Saguache (fd 1874) had 325 residents in 1880.</p>)
• Kent Club Grounds  + (<p>Said to be "near the brow of the hill" east on Lyon Street past Division Street.</p>)
• Brooklyn III Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Said to be a new club.</p>)
• “Back of the old paper-mill, Third District”  + (<p>Said to be at/near the corner of … <p>Said to be at/near the corner of Claiborne and Bagatelle (now Bourbon/Pauget).</p></br><p>The New Orleans Crescent, Sept. 29, 1859 has a long article about how the racket and baseball clubs are competing as to who gets to play here.</p></br><p>The Magnolia Club played here Aug. 28, 1859. See New Orleans Crescent, Aug. 29, 1859.<span><br/></span></p>28, 1859. See New Orleans Crescent, Aug. 29, 1859.<span><br/></span></p>)
• Club of Occola  + (<p>Said to be the "Occola" club, but this is probably a misprint for nearby Osceola.</p>)
• Olympic Club of New York2  + (<p>Said to be the old club of the Olympic Theatre. Walter Neville, president, composed the song "Hurrah for the National Game."</p>)
• Saxons Club of St. Paul  + (<p>Said to have held the state championship in early 1870</p>)
• In Samsun in 1920  + (<p>Sailors of the US Whipple played baseball in 1920 while stationed at Samsun, Turkey.</p>)
• In Odessa in 1922  + (<p>Sailors of the USS McFarland played indoor baseball on the docks of Odessa in 1922.</p>)
• Franklin Club of Salem  + (<p>Salem Register, May 31, 1860, rep … <p>Salem Register, May 31, 1860, reports that the Franklin BBC was formed May 28th, and adopted the Massachusetts rules.</br></p><p>Salem MA (1860 pop. about 22,222) is about 15 miles NE of Boston.</br></p><p>Query: can we confirm whether this club used association rules?</br></p>>Query: can we confirm whether this club used association rules? </p>)
• Star Club of Salina  + (<p>Saline (aka Salina) is in Washtenaw County, near Ypsilanti.</p>)
• Club of Sitka  + (<p>Salt Lake City Herald, Aug. 15, 1886: "Sitka, in far-away Alaska, has a base-ball club." </p><p>Sitka, AK is in the Alaskan panhandle and about 800 miles NW of Seattle WA. Its population in 1900 was about 1,100. </p>)
• Club of Green River  + (<p>Salt Lake City Tribune 8-10, 12-7-78 mentions the Green River Base Ball Club.</p> <p>Green River WY (1880 pop. about 300) and about 175 miles NE of Salt Lake City.</p>)
• Albion Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Same as Albion Club of Bedford?</p>)

• Albion Club of Bedford  + (<p>Same as Albion Club of Brooklyn?</p>)

• Fulton Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Same as Fulton Market Club of Williamsburg?</p>)
• Monitor Club of Pawtucket  + (<p>Same as Monitor of North Providence?</p>)
• Young Try Club of Baltimore  + (<p>Same as Try Club of Baltimore?</p>)
• Utsynthe Club of Stamford  + (<p>Same as Utsayantha Club?</p>)
• Mattano Club of Astoria  + (<p>Same as the Mattano Club of Brooklyn?</p>)
• Quickstep Club of Chicago  + (<p>Same club as Quickfeet?</p>)
• Rhakahova Club of Perth Amboy  + (<p>Same club as Rhakahova of Eagleswood?</p>)
• Evening Star Club of Brooklyn v Warren Club of Brooklyn on 10 August 1859  + (<p>Same club as Warren of Williamsburg?</p>)
• Warren Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Same club as Warren of Williamsburg?</p>)
• Wayne Club of Greenpoint  + (<p>Same club as Wayne of Brooklyn?</p>)
• Silver Grays Club of Plainview  + (<p>Same club Winona <em>Daily Republican</em>, July 14, 1870?</p>)
• Plow Boy Club of Aurora  + (<p>Sampson, "Ballists, Dead Beats and Muffins" (2023)</p>)
• In Fort Battleford in 1876  + (<p>Samuel R. Hill, "Baseball in Canada," Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies v. 8 issue 1 (2000), citing William Humber, "Diamonds of the North" (1995) pp. 75-92, says a pickup baseball game was played at Fort Battleford in 1876.</p>)
• Ballgame in Halifax in 1868  + (<p>Samuel R. Hill, "Baseball in Canada," Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies v. 8 issue 1 (2000), citing William Humber, "Diamonds of the North" (1995) pp. 45-46, says baseball came to Halifax in 1868. </p>)
• Enneas Club of Salt Lake City  + (<p>San Francisco <em>Daily Eve … <p>San Francisco <em>Daily Evening Bulletin</em> July 6, 1870: "Utah--Corinne, July 5th... In a match game of base ball played here yesterday, between the Corinne and Salt Lake City Clubs for the Championship of the Territory, the Corinthians were victorious by a score of 42 to 31." Note--Corinne was the unofficial non-Mormon center of Utah.</p></br><p>The Salt Lake team was probably the Enneas. The <em>Salt Lake Herald</em>, July 27, 1870, reports that 2500 people attended a baseball game in the city between the Enneas of Salt Lake and the Corinnes of Corinne. Salt Lake won 74 to 23. Same Oct. 2, 1870 suggests this game was part of a three-game series for the Territorial championship. The team nickname may be derived from the Greek "ennea", meaning "nine." The Naperville (IL) Clarion, July 20, 1870, reports that the Enneas were a Mormon team.</p></br><p>An article in the Utah Historical Quarterly, v. 52 (1984) says the Enneas were the renamed Eurekas.</p></br><p>Corinne UT (1890 pop. about 325) is about 60 miles N of Salt Lake City.</p>amed Eurekas.</p> <p>Corinne UT (1890 pop. about 325) is about 60 miles N of Salt Lake City.</p>)
• Ne Plus Ultra Club of San Rafael  + (<p>San Francisco <em>Daily Eve … <p>San Francisco <em>Daily Evening Bulletin</em>, Dec. 18, 1871: "San Rafael has a base-ball club. Ne Plus Ultra."</p></br><p>I'm putting in Ne Plus Ultra as the team name, but the newspaper could just be using the phrase "ne plus ultra" to describe the team. San Rafael CA (1870 population about 850) is about 18 miles N of San Francisco.</p></br><p></p></br><p>San Francisco <em>Chronicle</em>, Oct. 19, 1869 reports a club has been formed in San Rafael. Same club?</p>o <em>Chronicle</em>, Oct. 19, 1869 reports a club has been formed in San Rafael. Same club?</p>)
• Corinthians Club of Corinne  + (<p>San Francisco Daily Evening Bulle … <p>San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin July 6, 1870: "Utah--Corinne, July 5th... In a match game of base ball played here yesterday, between the Corinne and Salt Lake City Clubs for the Championship of the Territory, the Corinthians were victorious by a score of 42 to 31." The Salt Lake team was probably the Enneas. The Naperville (IL) Clarion, July 20, 1870, mentions that an Aurora, IL boy, W. A. Hodgman, played for Corinne in this game.</p></br><p>Corinne UT (1890 pop. about 325) is about 60 miles N of Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City's 1870 pop. was about 12,800.</p> Lake City. Salt Lake City's 1870 pop. was about 12,800.</p>)
• Corinthians Club of Corinne v Enneas Club of Salt Lake City on 5 July 1870  + (<p>San Francisco Daily Evening Bulle … <p>San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin July 6, 1870: "Utah--Corinne, July 5th... In a match game of base ball played here yesterday, between the Corinne and Salt Lake City Clubs for the Championship of the Territory, the Corinthians were victorious by a score of 42 to 31."</p></br><p>Corinne UT (1890 pop. about 325) is about 60 miles N of Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City (1870 pop. about 12,800)is pretty salty.</p> Salt Lake City (1870 pop. about 12,800)is pretty salty.</p>)
• Actives Club of San Bernardino  + (<p>San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, July 18, 1870 says the Actives of San Bernardino are challenging the Phoenix of Los Angeles. </p><p>San Bernardino CA (1870 pop. about 1300) is about 55 miles E of Los Angeles. </p><p><br/> </p>)
• California Club of Los Angeles  + (<p>San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Nov. 15, 1869: "Los Angeles.... Another base-ball club, the California, has been organized."</p>)
• Phoenix Club of Los Angeles  + (<p>San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, July 18, 1870 mentions the Phoenix BBC of Los Angeles.</p>)
• Recreation Grounds  + (<p>San Francisco's first enclosed grounds, opened Nov. 26, 1868, at 25th and Folsom.</p> <p><span>The ballpark was bordered by the streets Harrison, Twenty-Sixth, Folsom and Twenty-Fifth,near the present-day Garfield Square.</span></p>)
• Club of San Leandro  + (<p>San Leandro had 426 pop. in 1870</p>)
• Rio Grande Club of San Marcial  + (<p>San Marcial is 25 miles south of Socorro</p>)
• Club of Colebrook v Club of Sandisfield on 24 September 1859  + (<p>Sandisfield led by 52 after 2 innings, whereupon Colebrook quit</p>)