Walnut Hill Club of Geneva

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Nick Name	Walnut Hill
Earliest Known Date	1857
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Location	Geneva, NY, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	See ballgames. This is the club of the Walnut Hills School in Geneva. The first mention of baseball in Geneva came about 30 years after the first game. In the November 1888 Hobart Herald newspaper, William Ashley, class of 1863, shared his earliest memories of baseball at the college. He wrote, “The first matched game of base ball as now played, that took place in Geneva, was on the grounds of the ‘Walnut Hill School’…in 1856 or ’57.” (Walnut Hill was on the site of the modern-day Houghton House of Hobart & William Smith.) Soon after, there were 120 boys playing baseball and some started a team when they entered Hobart. By 1860 there were class baseball teams and a college club that played teams from other towns.
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Found by	Craig Waff
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Geneva, NY
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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1859	1 Played	0 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied

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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1859-11-08	Geneva		NY	Walnut Hill Club of Geneva	Walnut Hill Club of Geneva	26 - 16		Craig Waff

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