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Nick Name Alert
Earliest Known Date 1866
Location Elmira, NY, United States
Description

The Alert Club of Elmira NY is listed in Peverelly [1866]. It may well have formed earlier.

This club sent D. B. Hill as a delegate to the 1866 National Baseball Convention. This was David B. Hill, the city attorney, later governor of New York and US Senator. See New York Clipper, Dec. 22, 1866.

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The Elmira Telegram, Sept. 12, 1915 has a long article on baseball in Elmira in the 1860s. It discusses at some length the Alert and the Excelsiors. Gives the officers of these clubs.

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The Elmira Telegram, Sept. 12, 1915

Comment

Termed the Erastus Ransom Alerts in Chemung Historical Journal, Vol. 58, Issue 4 (Jun 2013)

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
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Year Games Wins Losses Ties
1866 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 1866-04-26 Elmira NY Alert Club of Elmira Union Club of Elmira Bruce Allardice

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