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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1859
|Year Number=41
|Headline=First Game in Canada Played by New York Rules?
|Headline=First Game in Canada Played by New York Rules?
|Year=1859
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Location=Canada
|Location=Canada
|Text=<p>"YOUNG CANADA vs. YOUNG AMERICA. - These two base ball clubs of Canada (the former of Toronto, the latter of Hamilton) played the first game of base ball that has ever taken place there, we believe, under the rules of the N. Y. Base Ball Association, on Tuesday, 24<sup>th</sup> ult., at Hamilton." <u>The New York Clipper</u> (printed date omitted; "May 1859" entered in hand, page omitted.)  Facsimile from the Mears Collection provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.  Young Canada prevailed, 68-41. <b>Note:</b> Are there earlier claims for the first Knicks-style game in Canada? Item #1856.18 above was likely a predecessor game, right?</p>
|Country=Canada West
|State=ONT
|Game=Base Ball,
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>"YOUNG CANADA vs. YOUNG AMERICA. - These two base ball clubs of Canada (the former of Toronto, the latter of Hamilton) played the first game of base ball that has ever taken place there, we believe, under the rules of the N. Y. Base Ball Association, on Tuesday, 24<sup>th</sup> ult., at Hamilton."&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p><span>The New York Clipper, June 11, 1859</span></p>
|Comment=<p>Young Canada prevailed, 68-41.&nbsp;</p>
|Query=<p>Are there earlier claims for the first Knicks-style game in Canada? Item #1856.18 above was likely a predecessor game, right?</p>
|Submitted by=Craig Waff
|Submission Note=September 2008
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Coordinates=51.253775, -85.3232139
}}
}}

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First Game in Canada Played by New York Rules?

Salience Noteworthy
Location Canada
City/State/Country: ONT, Canada West
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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"YOUNG CANADA vs. YOUNG AMERICA. - These two base ball clubs of Canada (the former of Toronto, the latter of Hamilton) played the first game of base ball that has ever taken place there, we believe, under the rules of the N. Y. Base Ball Association, on Tuesday, 24th ult., at Hamilton." 

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The New York Clipper, June 11, 1859

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Young Canada prevailed, 68-41. 

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Are there earlier claims for the first Knicks-style game in Canada? Item #1856.18 above was likely a predecessor game, right?

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Submitted by Craig Waff
Submission Note September 2008



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