Camden Base Ball Ground

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Location	Camden, NJ, United States
Modern Address	217 N 5th St
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Description	The 1867 Camden City 'Directory lists the Camden Base Ball Grounds as being at 5th and Penn Streets. This is near the present-day Rutgers Law School, at 217 N. 5th. In 1864 the Camden BBC grounds were said to be near Diamond Cottage, said to be in a park on the south side of Penn below 7th. Same spot? The 1872 directory lists a Diamond Cottage at 7th and Cooper, Cooper being the east-west street south of Penn and north of Market. The 1858 town ball game between the Olympic of Philadelphia and the Camden Club of Camden was played "near Diamond Cottage" (Phil. Ledger, May 18, 1858; Phil. Inquirer, May 20, 1858). Diamond Cottage Gardens was a popular picinic and parade ground spot.
Sources	1867, 1872 Camden City Directory Phil. Ledger, May 18, 1858; Phil. Inquirer, May 20, 1858
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice

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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1860-07-23	Camden		NJ	Club of Camden	Excelsior Club of Philadelphia	66 - 71		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-07-04	Camden		NJ	Enterprise Club of Camden	Girard Avenue Club of Philadelphia	30 - 14		Bruce Allardice