Niagara Club of Brooklyn v Amity Club of New York on 1 November 1858
Date of Game | Monday, November 1, 1858 |
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Location | Hoboken, NJ, United States |
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Field | Fox Hill |
Home Team | Niagara Club of Brooklyn |
Away Team | Add Club Page Amity |
Score | 8 - 4 |
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Innings | 8 |
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Description | (8 innings, on account of the darkness) (BDE: “This proved to be the most closely contested game of the season. Not a miss or bad play was made on either side during the game.”) (PSOT (3): “The game was witnessed by a large concourse of spectators, who expressed themselves highly pleased with the sport which they had beheld./This is without exception the closest match of the season. The playing on both sides was of the highest order, but that of the Amity was not up to the mark. …/After the game was over, both parties, with their friends, sat down to a sumptuous repast, after which the Amitys escorted their Brooklyn friends to the Hoboken Ferry, and sent them “on their way rejoicing.”) Played at Amity grounds, Fox Hill |
Sources | (1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Matches to Come,” PSOT, vol. 5, no. 9 (30 Oct 1858), p. 134, col. 2 (2) “City News and Gossip: Base Ball,” BDE, vol. 17, no. 262 (4 Nov 1858), p. 3, col. 1 (3) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Amity vs. Niagara,” PSOT, vol. 5, no. 11 (13 Nov 1858), p. 171, col. 2 |
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Found by | Craig Waff |
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Entry Origin | Games Tab |
Entry Origin Url | http://protoball.org/Games Tab:Greater New York City#date1858-11-1 |
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