Central Park

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Location	New York, Manhattan, NY, United States
Modern Address	Central Park
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Description	The park first opened (partially) in 1858. The NY Times, Jan. 13, 1859 reports that the NABBP requested that the Park Commissioners allow park grounds to use as a ball field. Same May 8, 1865 reports that a base ball grounds has been set apart at Central Park, but the Commissioners are not allowing ball games to be played there, although it appears they allow cricket. The park commission continued to resist baseball playing by organized clubs, even though the original plans for the park included a baseball field.
Sources	New York Times, Jan. 13, 1859, May 8, 1865, July 29, 1868. Ryczek, "Baseball's First Inning" 65-66.
Comment	JULY 28, 1868, THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 23, 1868 On pg. 3 under "Base Ball" are the two box scores of games played in Central Park, each with a very brief, one sentence summary. The first game was played between the Dexter and Henrietta clubs, and the second between the Dexter and Resolute clubs. Edit with form to add a comment
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Found by	Gregory Christiano
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice

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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	Contributor
Ballgame	1863-06-11	New York	Manhattan	NY	Active Club of New York	Rose Hill Club of Fordham	10 - 47	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1863-10-09	New York	Manhattan	NY	Reliance Club of New York	Montauk Club of Montauk	10 - 15	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1864-10-31	New York	Manhattan	NY	McClellan Club of Brooklyn	Lincoln Club of New York	19 - 7	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-05-26	New York	Manhattan	NY	Reliance Club of New York	Oriental Club of New York	6 - 15	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-06-21	New York	Manhattan	NY	Americus Club of New York	Reliance Club of New York	24 - 14	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-10-02	New York	Manhattan	NY	Reliance Club of New York	Everett Club of New York	46 - 6	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-10-06	New York	Manhattan	NY	Reliance Club of New York	Unknown Club of New York	6 - 28	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-10-21	New York	Manhattan	NY	Unknown Club of New York	Reliance Club of New York	28 - 5	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-10-25	New York	Manhattan	NY	Free Academy Club of New York	New York University Club of New York	35 - 11	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-10-27	New York	Manhattan	NY	Reliance Club of New York	Franklin Club of New York	38 - 8	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1868-07-16	New York	Manhattan	NY	Dexter Club of New York	Resolute Club	19 - 21	Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1871-09	New York	Manhattan	NY	Young Americas Club of Manhattan	Golden Stars Club of Manhattan		Greg Christiano