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|Year Number=13
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|Headline=Gotham Club Forms; Knicks Have First Rival Team
|Headline=Gotham Club Forms; Knicks Have First Rival Team
|Salience=2
|Salience=1
|Location=NYC,  
|Location=NYC,
|Game=Base Ball,  
|Game=Base Ball,
|Age of Players=Adult
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>"The Gotham Base Ball Club, of New York, was organized early in 1852, with Mr. Tuche as its first President.&nbsp; Among its veteran players were Messrs. Winslow, Vail, Murphy, and Davis.&nbsp; At the time of the organization of the Gotham, their only competitor was the famous Knickerbockers, and the years between 1852 and 1853 will be remembered for their interesting contests between them."</p>
|Text=<p>"The Gotham Base Ball Club, of New York, was organized early in 1852, with Mr. Tuche as its first President.&nbsp; Among its veteran players were Messrs. Winslow, Vail, Murphy, and Davis.&nbsp; At the time of the organization of the Gotham, their only competitor was the famous Knickerbockers, and the years between 1852 and 1853 will be remembered for their interesting contests between them."</p>

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"The Gotham Base Ball Club, of New York, was organized early in 1852, with Mr. Tuche as its first President.  Among its veteran players were Messrs. Winslow, Vail, Murphy, and Davis.  At the time of the organization of the Gotham, their only competitor was the famous Knickerbockers, and the years between 1852 and 1853 will be remembered for their interesting contests between them."

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John Freyer and Mark Rucker, Peverelly's National Game (Arcadia, 2005), page 21.  At reprint of Charles Peverelly, American Pastimes, 1866.

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