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• Massachusetts Game  + (<p>This is the game played according … <p>This is the game played according to rules that were codified in May 1858 in Dedham Massachusetts. It featured short basepaths, an absence of foul ground, plugging of runners, a smaller and softer and lighter ball, wooden stakes in place of sascks as bases,winners definied as the first team to reach 100 “tallies,” and a one-out-side-out rule. It remains unclear how close these rules -- written 13 years after the Knickerbocker rules were codified -- were to round ball, goal ball, and/or base games played in MA for the previous 50-75 years.</p></br><p>The Massachusetts Game declined fairly rapidly after 1860.</p>rapidly after 1860.</p>)
• Wide Awake Club of Oxford  + (<p>This may be the Oxford BBC mentioned in the Worcester <em>Massachusetts Spy</em>, Sept. 11, 1868</p>)
• Cumberland Valley Club of Mechanicsburg  + (<p>This may be the club of the Cumberland Valley Institute. See Waynesboro <em>Village Record</em>, May 28, 1869</p>)
• Minnehaha Base Ball Club of Northfield  + (<p>This paper gives an recap of the … <p>This paper gives an recap of the game played the previous Saturday (June 20) in Faribault between the Minnehaha Base Ball Club of Northfield and the Seabury Club of Faribault. The score was 71-59 in favor of the Minnehahas.</p></br><p>This may not have been the first game for either club, but considering the score, neither club probably had much practice or game experience in 1868 or earlier.</p></br><p>Northfield MN (1880 pop. about 2,300) is about 40 miles S of Minneapolis.</p>field MN (1880 pop. about 2,300) is about 40 miles S of Minneapolis.</p>)
• Marx's Park  + (<p>This park is described as being a … <p>This park is described as being at the southern edge of town in 1866. Sam Marx and the Marx family (bankers) owner land here. It is described as on the Petersburg Turnpike, about a mile from Mayo's Bridge, and within a few hundred yards of the residence of Henry T. Drewry. Looking at the map, this would place it at around I-95 (the modern Petersburg Turnpike) and Maury Avenue.</p>odern Petersburg Turnpike) and Maury Avenue.</p>)
• Union Club of Minneapolis2  + (<p>This recently organized club  was … <p>This recently organized club  was defeated by the Minneapolis Club 76-48. Minneapolis Tribune, June 21, 1868</p></br><p>This club won the "state championship" in 1870, by defeating the Saxons of St Paul 55-30 and 27-25. Minneapolis Tribune, May 21, 28, June 14, 1870.</p>inneapolis Tribune, May 21, 28, June 14, 1870.</p>)
• Club of Lime Springs  + (<p>This report has a box score of a … <p>This report has a box score of a game played against the Hawkeye of New Oregon. New Oregon is a township in Howard County, Iowa.</p></br><p>The newspaper mentions 1868 Excelsior,  Silver Grey and Achilles BBCs, but isn't clear as to which town these clubs are from.</p> isn't clear as to which town these clubs are from.</p>)
• Ironsides Club of New Bedford v Ironsides Club of New Bedford on 25 March 1859  + (<p>This team had a weekly game. See New Bedford Evening Standard, March 24, March 31, April 6, May 3, May 31, June 6, 1859</p>)
• Monitor Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>This was a "colored" club.</p> <p>Tholkes RIM has a Monitor Club of Brooklyn in 1865</p> <p>Brunson, "Black Baseball" says this club started in 1862</p>)
• Camp Douglas  + (<p>This was a Civil War training and … <p>This was a Civil War training and POW camp located between Cottage Grove Avenue and present-day Martin Luther King Drive, between present-day East 31st Street and East 33rd Place (then College Place).<span> It was established in 1861.</span> <span>The Excelsiors, Jr., "Comet" and "Eastman" clubs, among others, played there postwar. Confederate POWs played while the war was still going on.</span></p>nfederate POWs played while the war was still going on.</span></p>)
• Golden Stars Club of Manhattan  + (<p>This was a colored club.</p>)
• Young Americas Club of Manhattan  + (<p>This was a colored club.</p>)
• Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Eagle Base Ball Club of New York on 30 September 1862  + (<p>This was a game between second nines and should not be counted in the final NABBP standings.</p>)
• Atlantic Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 14 August 1862  + (<p>This was a match between second nines and should not be counted in the final NABBP standings.</p>)
• Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Atlantic Club of Brooklyn on 31 October 1862  + (<p>This was a match between second nines and should not be counted in the final NABBP standings.</p>)
• National Club of Oswego v Picked nine from Falley Seminary and Ontario BBC on 27 September 1865  + (<p>This was a match for a silver bal … <p>This was a match for a silver ball trophy to be awarded by the Agricultural Society in Oswego County, NY. The Nationals issued a challenge, which was taken up by the team from Falley Seminary in Fulton and the Ontario BBC, and the two teams formed a picked nine. With the picked nine victorious, the Falley and Ontario teams held a playoff for the trophy on May 19, 1866. Falley won, and was awarded the silver ball; it is now at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. </p>eball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. </p>)
• Falley Seminary v Ontario Base Ball Club on 19 May 1866  + (<p>This was a playoff match for a si … <p>This was a playoff match for a silver ball trophy to be awarded by the Agricultural Society in Oswego County, NY. Previously, on September 27, 1865, a picked nine composed of players from the two teams had defeated the National BBC of Oswego, NY. The teams therefore played this game for the trophy. The Falley team was victorious and was awarded the silver ball, which is now held by the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y.</p>e Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y.</p>)
• University of Washington Club of Seattle  + (<p>This was an amateur team comprise … <p>This was an amateur team comprised of players from the University of Washington. They organized to play the Victoria Independents for Queen Victoria's birthday and then later played other teams, such as Newcastle.</p></br><p>Article Transcription:</p></br><p>THE VICTORIA CELEBRATION, Victoria, B. C., May 24, 1882 Our cousins were assembled at the public park at Beacon Hill at 9:30 to witness a match game of baseball by the University nine, of Seattle, and the Independent nine of Victoria. Score: Seattle 18, Victoria 12.</p></br><p>Closed at noon. The Beacon Hill battery fired several salutes that were responded to by U. S. revenue cutter Wolcott, Capt. Stodder, in honor of Queen Victoria, the sovereign to whom her people delight to do homaged. The Amateur brass band led out to the park and return; also played a few national airs at intervals. Beacon Hill has beautiful surroundings- a fine view of the straits of San Juan de Fuca, of the Olympic range of snow-capped hills, San Juan island, Dungeness, Port Angeles and Race Rocks light houses; also the city, the Cathedral, the Governor's residence, Cedar Hill, Snook Hills, Mt. Baker, Mt. Tolmie, Mt. Baker and the hills beyond Victoria. The park is a native prarie, with a few low scrub oaks. The base is granite, with a few boulders on the surface. There is a race track one mile in circumference around the park. Beacon Hill in the centre.</p></br><p>In the hill caves have been made ages ago, by unknown races, stone and bone implements have been taken out. These places are now covered filled with earth. The park has six 64 lb guns, three 3 in. and one 8 in. gun, that were placed here in the time of the Russian scare of '78. These guns command the roadstead entering the harbor. The park is free for everybody, for picnics, base ball, or trotting horses. The city schools come here for recreation Saturdays. It is used for any public doings, and for private pleasure parties and riding around the park. The sports on the water consisted of double scull races, races of Chinook canoes manned by 12 Indians each, all fitted out in their war paint; single scull races in shells; double sculls; naval whalers race; four-oared race; canoe race for Northern Indians; naval dingy race; four oared race for youths; ladies' dingy race; walking the greased pole; etc. In the evening the Independent Base Ball Club entertained their American cousins, the University boys, in their accustomed whole-souled and gorgeous manner at the Pacific Telegraph Hotel, where an elegant banquet was spread.</p></br><p>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:</p></br><p>The University 'nine' is mentioned in a January 1931 newspaper article in the Seattle Times concerning Harry Jacobs, their pitcher, as being the first Puget Sounder to throw a curveball. This recollection is later challenged in a February 1931 recollection by members of the Seattle Alki's that a Jim Fairburn was 'hired' by Newcastle to be their pitcher, and that he was the first to throw a curve.</p>Alki's that a Jim Fairburn was 'hired' by Newcastle to be their pitcher, and that he was the first to throw a curve.</p>)
• Club of Kingsville Academy  + (<p>This was the Rocket Club.</p>)
• Preston v Derby in Preston on 21 June 1890  + (<p>This was the first ever game in England (and in Britain) in a structured domestic competition. It was the only match completed on Opening Day of Britain's pro baseball league of 1890. </p>)
• Grounds north of the Texas Capitol Bldg.  + (<p>This was the site of the 1859 game. Also the grounds of the Capitol BBC. See Austin American-Statesman, Oct. 3, Nov. 25, 1873</p>)
• Live Oak Club of Bowmanville v Mechanics Club of Port Hope on 6 August 1861  + (<p>Tholkes RIM says 38-66, not 88-66</p>)
• Mutual Club of New York v Athletic Club of Philadelphia on 16 June 1863  + (<p>Tholkes RIM says game played at Elysian Fields</p>)
• Mutual Club of New York v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 6 October 1863  + (<p>Tholkes RIM says game played at Union ground, Brooklyn</p>)
• Mutual Club of New York v Harlem Club of New York on 7 October 1862  + (<p>Tholkes RIM says game played in NYC</p>)
• Eagle Base Ball Club of New York v Excelsior Club of Paterson on 17 October 1863  + (<p>Tholkes RIM says they played the Excelsior of Brooklyn</p>)

• Ambidexter Club of New Rochelle  + (<p>Tholkes RIM</p>)
• Constellation Club of Brooklyn v Powhattan Club of Brooklyn on 1 August 1860  + (<p>Tholkes RIM</p>)
• Alpine Club of New York v Constellation Club of Mount Vernon on 21 September 1860  + (<p>Tholkes RIM</p>)

• Empire Club of New York v Alpine Club of New York on 13 August 1862  + (<p>Tholkes has Empire 30 not 39</p>)
• Saratoga Club of Saratoga Springs v Wide Awake Club of Green Island on 16 August 1862  + (<p>Tholkes says played in Saratoga</p>)
• Thomas A. White  + (<p>Thomas A. White was born in Tennessee in 1843 or 1844. He is not found in any Tennessee Confederate soldier indexes.</p>)
• In Dorchester in 1775  + (<p>Thomas Altherr writes in 2008: " … <p>Thomas Altherr writes in 2008: "Ephriam [Ephraim? – TA] Tripp, a soldier at Dorchester in 1775, also left a record, albeit brief, of ball playing: �Camping and played bowl,' he wrote on May 30. �Bowl' for Tripp meant ball, because elsewhere he referred to cannonballs as �cannon bowls.' On June 24 he penned: �We went to git our meney that we shud yak when we past muster com home and played bawl.'" Note: Dorchester MA, presumably? Is it clear whether Tripp was a British soldier? May 1775 was some months before an American army formed.</p><p><br/> </p><p>E. Tripp, "His book of a journal of the times in the year 1775 from the 19th day," Sterling Memorial Library Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University: "Diaries (Miscellaneous) Collection, Group 18, Box 16, Folder 267. 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 39</p>an Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 39</p>)
• Thomas Kinna  + (<p>Thomas Kinna was born in Ireland … <p>Thomas Kinna was born in Ireland around 1846. In 1867 he pitched for the Mechanics Base Ball Club of Memphis. In 1868 he was playing for the Bluff City Base Ball Club of Memphis.</p></br><p>Kinna is notable for his bar fights. In 1867 he survived a stab wound in the Overton Saloon in Memphis. In 1868 he did not survive a shooting outside another saloon in Memphis. </p>t survive a shooting outside another saloon in Memphis. </p>)
• Club of Mascoutah  + (<p>Thomas S. Snyder, "Mascoutah" (2010), page 8: "They [the German settlers] also loved sports and established the town's first baseball team in 1868."</p> <p>MAscoutah had 2790 residetns in 1870.</p>)
• Half-Rubber  + (<p>Thomason (1975) recalls Half-Rubb … <p>Thomason (1975) recalls Half-Rubber as a 1930s school recess game involving a sponge-rubber ball sliced cleanly in half and a sawed-off broomstick as a bat. Thrown side-arm, the ball had good movement, and was difficult to field. There was no running, but outs and innings were recorded and (virtual) base advancement depending on the lengths that the ball was batted.</p></br><p>(A 1997 newspaper article recalls a similar game recalled as Half-Ball being played in the Philadelphia area.)</p></br><p>This game emerged in about 1910 in the SC/GA area of the south, and retained strong popularity into the 1970s.</p>GA area of the south, and retained strong popularity into the 1970s.</p>)
• Pacific Jr. Club of Rochester  + (<p>Thompson, "The Real Diary of a Rochester Boy, 1864" p. 87 notes that on 11-1-64 the boys team, a junior club, lost to the Ontario BBC's 2nd nine 20-8</p>)
• Kalamazoo BBC v Prairie Club of Schoolcraft on 16 June 1860  + (<p>Three games played that day. The 2nd game Kalamazoo lost 17-30 in 17 innings, the third Kalamazoo lost 24-30. Played to 30 runs.</p>)
• Williams College Club of Williamstown v Williams College Club of Williamstown on 29 May 1858  + (<p>Three games played, to 35 between the Frosh and Sophomores, 35-23, 29-35, 35-24. The Frosh scored more total runs..</p>)
• Rough and Ready Club of South Walpole v American Club of Dedham on 1 May 1858  + (<p>Three games, 25-4, 14-25, 25-23. Game to 25, 12 a side</p>)
• Club of Kharkov  + (<p>Tim Tsoulaidis, "The Forsaken: An … <p>Tim Tsoulaidis, "The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalinist Russia" (a book on American communists living in the USSR) quotes the Moscow <em>Daily News</em>, July 3, 1934 (headline "Baseball Progresses Slowly But Surely at Kharkov Plant") reporting that American workers had organized baseball teams in Yerevan, Armenia, and at a tractor plant in Kharkov, Ukraine.</p>rmenia, and at a tractor plant in Kharkov, Ukraine.</p>)
• Club of Yerevan  + (<p>Tim Tsoulaidis, "The Forsaken: An … <p>Tim Tsoulaidis, "The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalinist Russia" (a book on American communists living in the USSR) quotes the Moscow <em>Daily News</em>, July 3, 1934 (headline "Baseball Progresses Slowly But Surely at Kharkov Plant") reporting that American workers had organized baseball teams in Yerevan, Armenia, and at a tractor plant in Kharkov, Ukraine.</p>an, Armenia, and at a tractor plant in Kharkov, Ukraine.</p>)
• Club of Tincup  + (<p>Tincup was fd. in 1879 as Virginia City. It had 1,495 residents in 1880.</p>)
• Constellation Club of Tiptown  + (<p>Tiptown (now Tipton) is a precinct in Monroe County.</p>)
• Enterprise Club if Ilion  + (<p>To play the Excelsior of Utica</p>)
• Eureka Club of Attica  + (<p>To play the Williamsport BBC</p>)
• Dexter Club of East St. Louis  + (<p>To-morrow, the East St. Louis wil … <p>To-morrow, the East St. Louis will play the Dexter of this city for the last time.  This game will decide the championship between these two clubs. </p></br><p><em>EStL Gazette</em>, May 16, 1874</p></br><p>The East St. Louis boys, "the champions," will have a contest with a "picked nine."  Judging from the excellent playing the "champion" players McCurdy, Griffith and Gainey done in the match last Sunday with the Dexter club of this city, in which the score was - East St. Louis 43, Dexter 38, it will be safe to say that the "picked nine" will find at the end of the ninth inning - if night don't come on too soon - that they "picked" at the wrong club to "practice" with...Time will be called at 1:30 p.m., at the East St. Louis B.B.C. grounds, near corner of Sixth street and St. Louis avenue. </p></br><p><em>EStL Gazette</em>, May 23, 1874 (h/t Jeff Kittel)</p>lt;/p> <p><em>EStL Gazette</em>, May 23, 1874 (h/t Jeff Kittel)</p>)
• Wawayanda Club of Gravesend  + (<p>Today a neighborhood in Brooklyn, which annexed Gravesend in 1894.</p>)
• Rutland Fair Grounds  + (<p>Today's fairgrounds in Rutland are at 175 S. Main.</p>)
• Buff-Ball  + (<p>Tom Altherr has found a reference … <p>Tom Altherr has found a reference to buff-ball in Baltimore in 1773.</p></br><p>A visitor wrote in his journal for 10/28/1773: "In Baltimore for some Buff-Ball."  Tom notes that the nature of the game is not known, but that OED lists "to hit something" as one meaning of "buff."</p></br><p>Bruce Allardice has reviewed contemporary literature and found that the term "buff-ball" seems to refer not to a game, but rather to a cleaning brush or agent. Cf. The Middlebury (VT) Mercury, Sep. 13, 1809; Hartford Courant, Nov. 20, 1797. The Fithian Journal is big on recording his shopping trips.</p></br><p> </p>n Journal is big on recording his shopping trips.</p> <p> </p>)
• Capital Club of Columbus  + (<p>Tootle, "Baseball in Columbus" pp … <p>Tootle, "Baseball in Columbus" pp. 10-11 says the Capital Base Ball Club was organized April 5, 1866, with James Comly (editor of the <em>Ohio State Journal</em>) as club president.</p></br><p>They played an intersquad game April 14, 1866 at the corner of Cleveland Ave. and Long St., where the current Columbus College of Art and Design sits.</p></br><p>In 1867 their home was City Park (now Schiller Park)</p></br><p>In 1868 their home was Oletangy Park on north High St. (now Oletangy Village Apts.)</p></br><p>The Capital Club of Columbus OH is listed in Peverelly [1866]. </p></br><p>Columbus had an 1860 pop. of about 18,500 and an 1870 pop. of about 31,000.</p>verelly [1866]. </p> <p>Columbus had an 1860 pop. of about 18,500 and an 1870 pop. of about 31,000.</p>)
• Buckeye Base Ball Club of Columbus  + (<p>Tootle, "Baseball in Columbus" pp. 10-11, citing the <em>Ohio State Journal</em> March 12, 1866, says the Buckeye BBC was formed in early March, with James A. Williams, president.</p>)
• Excelsiors Club of Columbus  + (<p>Tootle, "Baseball in Columbus" pp. 10-11 says the Excelsior BBC was organized April 14, 1866 at the office of J. A. Neil.</p>)