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|Year=1855 | |Year=1855 | ||
|Year Number=5 | |Year Number=5 | ||
|Headline=Seymour Research Note: | |Headline=Seymour Research Note: 7 Base Ball Clubs Now Organized. [But We Now Count 28] | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Country=US | |Country=US | ||
|State=NY, NJ | |State=NY, NJ | ||
|City=Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx | |City=Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens | ||
|Game=Base Ball, | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective | |Immediacy of Report=Retrospective | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>"1855 -- seven clubs organized. In 1856 four more."</p> | |Text=<p>"1855 -- seven clubs organized. In 1856 four more."</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809. </p> | |Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809. </p> | ||
<p>He cites Robert Weaver, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Amusements and Sports</span> (Greenwood, 1939), page 98 ff.</p> | <p>He cites Robert Weaver, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Amusements and Sports</span> (Greenwood, 1939), page 98 ff.</p> | ||
|Comment=<p> <strong>Note:</strong> Seymour did not name the seven clubs; drat.</p> | |Comment=<p> <strong>Note:</strong> Seymour did not name the seven listed clubs; drat.</p> | ||
<p>As of mid-2013, Protoball lists a total of | <p>As of mid-2013, Protoball lists a total of 28 clubs operating in the NYC area New York State: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>ten</em></span> were in Brooklyn (Astoria, Atlantic, Bedford, Columbia, Continental, Eckford, Excelsior, Harmony, Putnam, and Washington), <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>five</em></span> in Manhattan (Baltic, Eagle, Empire, Gotham, and Knickerbocker -- all but the Baltic playing one or more games at Hoboken), <em>one</em> (Atlantic of Jamaica) in Queens, and <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">one</span></em> (Union) in Morrisania [Bronx]. See [[<a href="Clubs_in_NY">http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NY</a>]] In addition, <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">eleven </span></em>clubs are listed in New Jersey (Empire, Excelsior, Fear Not, Newark Senior, Newark Junior, Oriental-cum-Olympic, Pavonia, Palisades, Pioneer, St. John, and Washington). See[[<a href="Clubs_in_NJ">http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NJ</a>]]. </p> | ||
<p>Corrections and additions are welcome. </p> | <p>Corrections and additions are welcome. </p> | ||
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| Text | "1855 -- seven clubs organized. In 1856 four more." |
| Sources | Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809. He cites Robert Weaver, Amusements and Sports (Greenwood, 1939), page 98 ff. |
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| Comment | Note: Seymour did not name the seven listed clubs; drat. As of mid-2013, Protoball lists a total of 28 clubs operating in the NYC area New York State: ten were in Brooklyn (Astoria, Atlantic, Bedford, Columbia, Continental, Eckford, Excelsior, Harmony, Putnam, and Washington), five in Manhattan (Baltic, Eagle, Empire, Gotham, and Knickerbocker -- all but the Baltic playing one or more games at Hoboken), one (Atlantic of Jamaica) in Queens, and one (Union) in Morrisania [Bronx]. See [[http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NY]] In addition, eleven clubs are listed in New Jersey (Empire, Excelsior, Fear Not, Newark Senior, Newark Junior, Oriental-cum-Olympic, Pavonia, Palisades, Pioneer, St. John, and Washington). See[[http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NJ]]. Corrections and additions are welcome. Edit with form to add a comment |
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