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Knicks, Gothams Play Season Opener on July 1 and July 5

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"BASE BALL AT HOBOKEN: The first friendly game of the season, between the Gotham and Knickerbocker Base Ball Clubs was played on the grounds of the latter on the 5th inst. The game was commenced on Friday the 1st, but owing to the storm had to be postponed, the Knickerbockers making nine aces to two of the Gothams, the following is the score for both days." The Knicks won, 21-12, according to an abbreviated box score, which uses "No. of Outs" and not "Hands Lost" in the left-hand column, and "Runs," not "Aces," in the right-hand column. Paul Wendt estimates that this is the first certain Knick-rules box score known, and the first since the October 1845 games [see #1845.4 and #1845.16 above.]

Letter, 7/6/1853, to The Spirit of the Times, Volume 23, number 21, Saturday July 9, 1853, page 246, column 1. Posted to 19CBB by David Block, 9/6/2006. SOT facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.

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