1840.6

New NY Club Forms - Later to Reconstitute as Eagle Base Ball Club

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Pre-Knicks NYCPre-Knicks NYC
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City/State/Country:	New York, NY, United States
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
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Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	[A] In 1840, the Eagle Ball Club of New York is organized to play an unknown game of Ball; in 1852 the club reconstitutes itself as the Eagle Base Ball Club and begins to play the New York Game. [B] William Wood wrote that the Eagle Club "originally played in the 'old-fashioned way' of throwing the ball to the batter and at the runner in order to put him out."
Sources	[A] Eagle Base Ball Club Constitution of 1852. [B] William Wood, Manual of Physical Exercises (Harper Bros., 1867), pp. 189-190. See Thorn weblog of 7/16/2005.
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Submitted by	John Thorn
Submission Note	Email of 6/15/2004
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