Yale Class of 1861 Club of New Haven

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Nick Name Yale Class of 1861
Earliest Known Date Saturday, October 29, 1859
Location New Haven, CT, United States
Description

Yale (junior class) 47

“62” (sophomore class) 25

(WSOT: “The honor of introducing this manly game into the number of college sports at Yale, belongs to the Junior Class.  At the beginning of the present term, a Club numbering twenty-five members was organized in this class under the name of the Yale Base Ball Club.  Soon after, this example was followed in the organization of the “62” Base Ball Club, by the Sophomore Class.  A challenge sent by the first nine of the latter Club to the first nine of the former was accepted.

 WSOT 11-5-59

Item A. "Base ball clubs were started in College a little over a year ago, and during all last fall the game was played, by the Sophomore and Junior classes, with a perfect vengeance. With the former, every afternoon, week in and week out, from the beginning of the first term, down to Thanksgiving, used to find the ball-ground pretty plentifully sprinkled with players and students, till about five minutes to four, when, suddenly, the field would be vacant."


Item B. "The honor of starting the first Base-Ball Club at Yale belongs to a member of Sixty-one – the member from Chittenango [NY]. During the first year (Junior) of the existence of the Club, the game was practiced with zeal and success – almost to the exclusion of boating. The subsequent year brought less favor. Fifty-two of the Class attached themselves to the first Base-Ball Club."

Sources

WSOT Nov. 5, 1859

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Found by Craig Waff
Entered by Bruce Allardice
Entry Origin Sabrpedia

Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

Warning: Users should not rely on a team's won-loss record as a reflection of its "standing" among all base ball clubs. Team schedules were not balanced, and a good record against mostly weak opponents does not signify a leading club.

Year Games Wins Losses Ties
1859 1 Played 1 Won 0 Lost 0 Tied
1860 1 Played 0 Won 1 Lost 0 Tied

Ballgames

Page Date City Borough State Team 1 Team 2 Score First in Contributor
Ballgame 1859-10-29 New Haven CT Yale Class of 1861 Club of New Haven Yale Class of 1862 Club of New Haven 47 - 25 Craig Waff
Ballgame 1860-02 New Haven CT Yale Class of 1861 Club of New Haven Yale Class of 1862 Club of New Haven 1 - 25 Bruce Allardice

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