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...between the Unknowns of Weeksville and the Henson Club of Jamaica (Queens) in Brooklyn, NY."</p> ...notice appeared in the <em>New York Anglo-African</em>, and was referenced in Leslie Heaphy's <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Negro League Base

|Headline=First Admission Fees for Baseball? ...all Grounds at March Avenue and Rutledge Street in Brooklyn is opened, the first enclosed ball field to charge an admission fee."</p>

|Borough=Queens ...efeat of the Henson Club by 15 runs.&nbsp; The return match will be played in this village on Saturday next, January 1st."</p>

|Description=<p>From Protoball Entry #[[1859.41]] &ndash; First Game in Canada Played by New York Rules?</p> ...68-41. Note: Are there any earlier claims for the first Knicks-style game in Canada?</p>

|Borough=Queens ...al standard, and their opponents, although they batted well, did no better in the field.&nbsp; When the return match is played on the Union ground, we ha

|Name=Newtown v Astoria in Astoria on 4 August 1860 |Borough=Queens

|First Newspaper Mention=1859/04/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

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...blous fellow to the in-door Professors.&nbsp; They found nothing classical in his 'bacchant ar.'&nbsp; They loved him not, and wished him far away."</p> ..., December 16, 1835, page 2, column 2.&nbsp; [B] Also found by David Block in&nbsp;<em>Long Island Star,</em> December 31, 1835.</p>

|Borough=Queens ..., enlivening, manly sport; and when conducted, as between these two Clubs, in the most earnest, good-natured, and gentlemanly manner throughout, cannot b

|Description=In 1862, a baseball rules dispute played out between an umpire and a Brooklyn ..., it is only natural that not everyone will agree with an umpire's ruling. In fact, the history of baseball rule disputes dates back almost 150 years ago

...ca (Queens County, NY)&nbsp;well before the New York game began its spread in the mid 1850s.</p> ...ogswell) who played the game in the early 1850s exchanged letters about it in 1905, both of them early members of the Knickerbocker Club.&nbsp; (Excerpts

...of nine players on a side, and of only five innings.  Other players joined in as some left, and more innings were played, but it was only a regular game ...(<i>Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times:</i> “Considerable interest was manifested in this trial, and a very fair audience gathered upon the grounds to witness i