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Ball Club Forms in Philadelphia
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| Location | PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia |
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| Game | Town Ball, Old CatTown Ball, Old Cat |
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| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | The Olympic Ball Club of Philadelphia unites with a group of ball players based in Camden, NJ Orem says, without citing a source, that "On the first day but four players appeared, so the game was "Cat Ball," called in some parts of New England at the time "Two Old Cat." [Orem, Preston D., Baseball (1845-1881)From the Newspaper Accounts (self-published, Altadena CA, 1961), page 4.] Constitution of the Olympic Ball Club of Philadelphia [private printing, 1838]. Parts reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 5-8. |
| Sources | [Orem, Preston D., Baseball (1845-1881)From the Newspaper Accounts(self-published, Altadena CA, 1961), page 4.] Constitution of the Olympic Ball Club of Philadelphia [private printing, 1838]. Parts reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 5-8. |
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| Query | Note: Is it accurate to call this a "town ball" club? Sullivan dates it to 1837, while J. M. Ward [Ward's Base Ball Book, page 18] sets 1831 as the date of formation. The constitution was revised in 1837, but the Olympic Club merged with the Camden Town ball Club in 1833, and that event is regarded as the formation date of the Olympics. The story of the Olympics is covered in "Sporting Gossip," by "the Critic" in an unidentified photocopy found at the Giamatti Research Center at the HOF. What appears to be a continuation of this article is also at the HOF. It is "Evolution of Baseball from 1833 Up to the Present Time," by Horace S. Fogel, and appeared in The Philadelphia Daily Evening Telegraph, March 22-23, 1908. Edit with form to add a query |
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1831.1 Ball Club Forms in Philadelphia"
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