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Firsts

Type / Page	Club / Match	Date	City	Borough	State	First in
Club	Potomac Club of Washington	1859	Washington		DC	DC
Ballgame	Jefferson Club of Washington v Atlanta Club of Washington 24 - 16	1860-06-23	Washington		DC	DC

Games

Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1860-05-05	Washington		DC	Potomac Club of Washington	National Club of Washington	37 - 15		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-06-02	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Potomac Club of Washington	46 - 14		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-06-06	Washington		DC	Excelsior Club of Baltimore	Potomac Club of Washington	40 - 24		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-06-23	Washington		DC	Jefferson Club of Washington	Atlanta Club of Washington	24 - 16	DC	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1860-09-11	Washington		DC	Potomac Club of Washington	National Club of Washington	38 - 22		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-09-21	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Potomac Club of Washington	30 - 25		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-09-27	Washington		DC	Jefferson Club of Washington	Pythian Club of Washington	20 - 25		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1860-10-03	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Pythian Club of Washington	46 - 20		Gene Draschner
Ballgame	1860-10-04	Washington		DC	Potomac Club of Washington	Pythian Club of Washington	30 - 43		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1860-10-11	Washington		DC	Potomac Club of Washington	Potomac Club of Washington			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1860-10-16	Washington		DC	Pythian Club of Washington	Potomac Club of Washington	41 - 28		Gene Draschner
Ballgame	1860-10-22	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Pythian Club of Washington	46 - 20		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-10-23	Washington		DC	Potomac Club of Washington	National Club of Washington	33 - 16		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1861-06-29	Washington		DC	Steers' nine	Baldwin's nine	17 - 39		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1861-07-02	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	71st New York Regiment	13 - 41		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1862-05-20	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Washington Club of Washington	62 - 22		Gene Draschner
Ballgame	1862-06-14	Washington		DC	Maryland Club of Baltimore	National Club of Washington	38 - 31		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1862-07-25	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Union Club of Washington	39 - 15		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1863-08-04	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Union Club of Washington	28 - 18		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1863-08-04	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Union Club of Washington	28 - 18		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1863-09-01	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Union Club of Washington	41 - 10		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1863-09-12	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Pastime Club of Baltimore	20 - 25		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1863-10-05	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Union Club of Washington			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1864-06-08	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Union Club of Washington	27 - 34		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1864-06-16	Washington		DC	Jefferson Club of Washington	Union Club of Washington	25 - 17		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1864-06-28	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Union Club of Washington	35 - 20		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1864-08-04	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Pastime Club of Baltimore	6 - 23		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1864-09-12	Washington		DC	Jefferson Club of Washington	Maryland Club of Baltimore	44 - 17		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1864-09-28	Washington		DC	Jefferson Club of Washington	Union Club of Washington	25 - 24		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1864-10-12	Washington		DC	Jefferson Club of Washington	Olympic Club of Washington	38 - 30		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1864-10-19	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Union Club of Washington	21 - 11		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-05-13	Washington		DC	Club of the 133rd New York	Club of the 30th Maine	59 - 18		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-05-17	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Club of the 133rd New York			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-06-09	Washington		DC	Jefferson Club of Washington	National Club of Washington	26 - 22		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-06-17	Washington		DC	National Jr. Club of Washington	Eagle Club of Washington			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-06-23	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	National Club of Washington			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-07-15	Washington		DC	Jefferson Club of Washington	Franklin Club of Washington	40 - 16		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-07-18	Washington		DC	Jefferson Club of Washington	Pioneer Club of Washington	47 - 15		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-07-19	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Pastime Club of Baltimore	35 - 9		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-07-22	Washington		DC	Maryland Club of Baltimore	Jefferson Club of Washington	63 - 44		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-07-28	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Washington Cricket Club			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-08-04	Washington		DC	Jefferson Club of Washington	National Club of Washington	28 - 13		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-08-15	Washington		DC	American Club I of Washington	Good Will Club of Washington	32 - 31		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-08-17	Washington		DC	Marion Club of Washington D.C.	Columbia Club of Washington			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-08-18	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Washington Cricket Club			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-08-22	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Jefferson Club of Washington	31 - 13		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-08-25	Washington		DC	Manhattan Club of Washington	Alert Club of Washington	43 - 37		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-08-25	Washington		DC	Jefferson Club of Washington	Franklin Club of Washington	33 - 30		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-08-28	Washington		DC	Athletic Club of Philadelphia	National Club of Washington	87 - 12		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-08-29	Washington		DC	Atlantic Club of Brooklyn	National Club of Washington	34 - 19		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-09-01	Washington		DC	Mount Vernon Club of Washington	American Club of Washington			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-09-03	Washington		DC	Franklin Club of Washington	Bay State Club of the 33rd Massachusetts			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-09-06	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Maryland Club of Baltimore	38 - 21		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-09-08	Washington		DC	Marion Club of Washington D.C.	Nancy Club of Washington	44 - 37		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-09-11	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	National Club of Washington	14 - 13		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-09-12	Washington		DC	Maryland Club of Baltimore	National Club of Washington	21 - 33		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-09-13	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Jefferson Club of Washington	24 - 18		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-09-22	Washington		DC	Emerson Club of Washington	Eagle (Jr.) Club of Washington	17 - 14		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-09-26	Washington		DC	195th Pennsylvania Infantry	195th Pennsylvania Infantry	36 - 29		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-09-26	Washington		DC	Eagle (Jr.) Club of Washington	American Club of Washington	22 - 12		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-09-26	Washington		DC	Franklin Club of Washington	Lafayette Club of Washington	22 - 12		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-09-27	Washington		DC	Jefferson Club of Washington	National Club of Washington	40 - 18		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-09-28	Washington		DC	Atlantic Club of Washington	Continental Club of Washington	35 - 13		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-09-29	Washington		DC	Emerson Club of Washington	American Club of Washington	39 - 24		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-10	Washington		DC	National Jr. Club of Washington	Active Club of Washington	11 - 9		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-10-03	Washington		DC	Manhattan Club of Washington	Wyandotte Club I of Washington	17 - 13		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-10-05	Washington		DC	American Club I of Washington	Mutual Club of Washington	20 - 6		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-10-05	Washington		DC	Active Club of Washington	Waverly Club of Washington	38 - 27		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-10-09	Washington		DC	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	National Club of Washington	30 - 36		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-10-10	Washington		DC	Enterprise Club of Baltimore	National Club of Washington	19 - 58		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-10-11	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	National Club of Washington	41 - 41		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-10-13	Washington		DC	Eagle (Jr.) Club of Washington	Emerson Club of Washington	26 - 24		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-10-17	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	National Club of Washington	26 - 27		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-10-18	Washington		DC	Waverly Club of Washington	Eureka Club of Washington	26 - 16		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-10-20	Washington		DC	American Club I of Washington	Eagle Club of Washington	20 - 19		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-10-24	Washington		DC	Active Club of Washington	American Club of Washington	21 - 7		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-10-27	Washington		DC	Waverly Club of Washington	American Club of Washington	24 - 16		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-10-28	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	Franklin Club of Washington	34 - 4		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-11-14	Washington		DC	Active Club of Washington	Waverly Club of Washington	29 - 17		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-11-16	Washington		DC	Pioneer Club of Washington	Black Hawk Club of Washington	67 - 12		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-11-20	Washington		DC	Pioneer Club of Washington	Lafayette Club of Washington	9 - 55		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-11-25	Washington		DC	American Club I of Washington	Star Club of Columbia College	48 - 28		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-11-27	Washington		DC	Active Club of Washington	Olympic Club of Washington	23 - 16		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-12-07	Washington		DC	Active Club of Washington	Waverly Club of Washington	52 - 14		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-12-07	Washington		DC	Pioneer Club of Washington	Olympic Club of Washington	51 - 17		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-12-07	Washington		DC	National Club of Washington	National Club of Washington			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-12-13	Washington		DC	Emerson Club of Washington	Eagle (Jr.) Club of Washington	24 - 26		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1871-09	Washington		DC	Alert Club of Washington	Unique Club of Chicago	24 - 18		Greg Christiano

Clubs

Club	Date	City	Borough	State	First in	Contributor
Potomac Club of Washington	1859	Washington		DC	DC
National Club of Washington	1859-11-29	Washington		DC
Atlanta Club of Washington	1860-06-17	Washington		DC		Richard Hershberger
Jefferson Club of Washington	1860-06-24	Washington		DC		Richard Hershberger
Pythian Club of Washington	1860-09-02	Washington		DC		Richard Hershberger
Union Club of Washington	1861	Washington		DC
Treasury Club of Washington	1864	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Active Club of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
United States Club I of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Franklin Club of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bob Tholkes
Pioneer Club of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bob Tholkes
Eight Union League Club of the 214th Pennsylvania	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Eagle (Jr.) Club of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
American Club I of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Nancy Club of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Waverly Club of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Black Hawk Club of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Emerson Club of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Lafayette Club of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Eureka Club of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Manhattan Club of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Mount Vernon Club of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Wyandotte Club I of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Star Club of Columbia College	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Marion Club of Washington D.C.	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Olympic Club of Washington	1865	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Alert Club of Washington	1866	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Gymnastic Club of Washington	1866	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Kangaroo Club of Washington	1866	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Narragansett Club of Washington	1866	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Atlantic Club of Washington	1866-08-27	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Awkward Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Good Will Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Monumental Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Country Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Wyandotte Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Rosalie Club of the Island, Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Oriental Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Mutual Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Columbia Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Junior Creightons Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Grafton Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Interior Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Capital Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Continental Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Empire Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Enterprise Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Island Ranger Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Christian Brothers Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
All Right Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Gonzaga School Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Consolidated Business College Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Monitor Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Post Office Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Eagle Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Woodbine Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Athletic Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Junior Chesapeake Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Irvington Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Tecumseh Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
George Washington Baseball Club of Washington	1867-04-27	Washington		DC		Gene Draschner
Pastime Base Ball Club of Washington	1867-05-09	Washington		DC		Gene Draschner
United States Club of Washington	1867-05-15	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Adjutant General's Office of Washington	1867-05-31	Washington		DC		Gene Draschner
American Club of Washington	1867-06	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Blue Star Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Perseverance Club of Washington	1867	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Tuscarora Club of Washington	1867-09-10	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Calathumpian Club of Washington	1868	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Creighton Club of Washington	1868	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Morse Club of Washington	1868	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Kendall Deaf Mutes Club of Washington	1868	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Gotham Club of Washington	1868	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Lightfoot Club of Washington	1868	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Buckeye Club of Washington	1868	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Niagara Club of Washington	1868	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
National Jr. Club of Washington	1868	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Pocahontas Club of Columbia College	1868	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Osceola Club of Washington	1868-05-28	Washington		DC		Gene Draschner
Agile Club of Washington	1868-07-10	Washington		DC		Gene Draschner
Howard University Club of Washington	1869	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice
Metropolitan Club of Washington	1870	Washington		DC		Bruce Allardice

Predecessor Games

Page	Date	Game	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	Contributor
Game	1848	Cricket	Washington		DC				Bruce Allardice
Game	1860	Cricket	Washington		DC				Bruce Allardice
Game	1862	Goal	Washington		DC				Bruce Allardice

Fields

Field	City	Borough	State	Contributor
Capitol Hill	Washington		DC	Bruce Allardice
Franklin Square	Washington		DC	Bruce Allardice
Jefferson Club Grounds	Washington		DC	Bruce Allardice
Maryland Club grounds	Washington		DC	Bruce Allardice
Nationals Grounds	Washington		DC	Bruce Allardice
Potomac grounds	Washington		DC	Bruce Allardice
White Lot south of the White House	Washington		DC	Bruce Allardice

Related Bibliography

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Early Baseball in Wahington, DCCountry=US	Ceresi, Frank, and C. McMains	TBD	DC	Washington
Henderson, Cartwright, and the 1953 US Congress	Berenbak, Adam	2014	DC	Washington