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{{Chronology Entry
|Headline=Constitution Written for Olympic Ball Club of Philadelphia PA
|Year=1837
|Year=1837
|Year Number=6
|Headline=Olympic Ball Club Constitution Requires Umpires
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Tags=Pre-modern Rules,
|Location=Philadelphia
|Location=Philadelphia
|Text=<p>This constitution is reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, <u>Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825 - 1908</u> [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 5-8.  The rules do not shed light on the nature of the game played. Membership was restricted to those above the age of twenty-one. One day per month was set for practice ["Club" day". <b>Note:</b> Sullivan dates the constitution at 1837, but notes that it was printed in 1838. See <u>Constitution of the Olympic Ball Club of Philadelphia</u> [Philadelphia, John Clark], per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, page 223.</p>
|Country=United States
|Reviewed=Yes
|State=PA
|Year Number=6
|City=Philadelphia
|Game=Base Ball,
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p><span>The constitution does not shed light on the nature of the game played. Membership was restricted to those above the age of twenty-one. One day per month was set for practice "Club day".&nbsp;</span><strong>Note:</strong><span>&nbsp;Sullivan dates the constitution at 1837, but notes that it was printed in 1838.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>The constitution specifies that the club recorder shall act as "umpire", to settle disputes.</span></p>
|Sources=<p><span>Constitution of the Olympic Ball Club of Philadelphia</span>&nbsp;[Philadelphia, John Clark], per David Block,&nbsp;<span>Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, page 223.</p>
<p>Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor,&nbsp;<span>Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825 - 1908</span>&nbsp;[University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 5-8.&nbsp;</p>
|Submitted by=Larry McCray
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Coordinates=39.9525839, -75.1652215
}}
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Olympic Ball Club Constitution Requires Umpires

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Pre-modern Rules
Location Philadelphia
City/State/Country: Philadelphia, PA, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

The constitution does not shed light on the nature of the game played. Membership was restricted to those above the age of twenty-one. One day per month was set for practice "Club day". Note: Sullivan dates the constitution at 1837, but notes that it was printed in 1838. 

The constitution specifies that the club recorder shall act as "umpire", to settle disputes.

Sources

Constitution of the Olympic Ball Club of Philadelphia [Philadelphia, John Clark], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 223.

Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825 - 1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 5-8. 

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