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Seymour Research Note: "7 Clubs Organized" [But We Now Count 28]
Salience | Noteworthy |
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City/State/Country: | Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, NY, NJ, US |
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Game | Base BallBase Ball |
Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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Text | "1855 -- seven clubs organized. In 1856 four more." |
Sources | Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809. He cites Robert Weaver, Amusements and Sports (Greenwood, 1939), page 98 ff. |
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Comment | Note: Seymour did not name the seven listed clubs; drat. As of mid-2013, Protoball lists a total of 29 clubs operating in the NYC area New York State: ten were in Brooklyn (Astoria, Atlantic, Bedford, Columbia, Continental, Eckford, Excelsior, Harmony, Putnam, and Washington), five in Manhattan (Baltic, Eagle, Empire, Gotham, and Knickerbocker -- all but the Baltic playing one or more games at Hoboken), one (Atlantic of Jamaica) in Queens, and two (Union, Young America) in Morrisania [Bronx]. See [[http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NY]] In addition, eleven clubs are listed in New Jersey (Empire, Excelsior, Fear Not, Newark Senior, Newark Junior, Oriental-cum-Olympic, Pavonia, Palisades, Pioneer, St. John, and Washington). See[[http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NJ]]. Corrections and additions are welcome. Edit with form to add a comment |
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Submitted by | Craig Waff, John Zinn, Richard Hershberger |
Submission Note | Numerous communiques |
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