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|Name=Champion Club of Albany v Excelsior Club of West Troy on 30 August 1860 |City=Albany

|Headline=Cricket Clubs Form in Upstate NY ...organized cricket teams appeared in Albany, Troy and Schenectady, New York in 1839."</p>

|Name=Rivals Club of Albany |State=NY

|State=NY |Description=<p>The <em>Albany Morning Express</em>, April 7, 1860: "A new base ball club was formed Tuesd

|Name=Champion Club of Albany |State=NY

|State=NY ...2, 1865 reports that the Washington Club of Troy defeated the Nationals of Albany 25-23.</p>

|Name=Highlander Club of Albany |State=NY

|Name=Nepperstein Club of Albany |State=NY

|Name=Mohawk Club of Albany |State=NY

|State=NY ...867 in an article on unusual baseball club titles, report that on the 12th in Lansingburgh, the "Get Up and Gets" of Troy will play the "Hope and Go Cons

|Name=Traviats Club of Albany |State=NY

|City=Albany |State=NY

|Name=Junior Mutuals of Albany |State=NY

|State=NY ...867 in an article on unusual baseball club titles, report that on the 12th in Lansingburgh, the "Get Up and Gets" of Troy will play the "Hope and Go Cons

|Name=Champion Club of Albany v Priam Club of Troy on 24 August 1860 |State=NY

|State=NY |Description=<p>The&nbsp;<em>Daily Albany Argus</em>, Aug. 12, 1867: Sans Souci Club of Bloodville 42, Independent of

|Name=Base Ball in Albany on 10 June 1856 |City=Albany

|State=NY |Description=<p>near Late George, c. 60 mi. north of Albany</p>

|NY Rules=Likely ...em>Daily Ledger</em>&nbsp;April, 4, 1863, reprints a letter from a soldier in Corinth, MS, dated March 29, 1863, saying that yesterday a base ball team f

|Name=Utica Club of Utica v Knickerbocker Club of Albany on 27 August 1862 |State=NY

|Name=Victory Club of Troy v Albany on 30 June 1860 |State=NY

|Name=Champion Club of Yorkville, NY |State=NY

|Name=National Excelsior Club of Philadelphia v Bachelors Club of Albany on 4 October 1866 |NY Rules=Yes

...ation (Capital Area table) shows Pittsfield losing to the Champion Club of Albany, 11-8, on October 24, 1859.</p> ...n Club played by NY rules, and in fact scheduled a game using the fly game in September 1859.</p>

|Name=Victory Club of Troy v Champion Club of Albany on 7 August 1860 |State=NY

|Name=Pythian Club of Philadelphia v Bachelors Club of Albany on 3 October 1866 |NY Rules=Yes

|State=NY |Sources=<p>The Albany&nbsp;<em>Argus</em>, Oct. 10, 1870</p>

|State=NY ...he lovers of this game are making extensive preparations to become skilled in the mysteries of the game."</p>

|Location=NY State, |State=NY

|State=NY |Sources=<p>NYSM 600729 and NYSM 600805 c. twenty miles south of Albany</p>

|Name=Victory Club of Troy v Beaverwyck Club of Albany on 11 July 1860 |State=NY

|Name=Victory Club of Troy v Champion Club of Albany on 5 October 1860 |State=NY

<p>A: Dancing is a favorite of both sexes. Sleigh-riding in winter, and skating, playing ball (of which there are several different gam ...prehensive System of Geography</u> (Charles R. and George Webster, Albany NY) 1796), page 128. Provided by John Thorn, 2/17/2008 email.</p>

|Field=Excelsior grounds near the end of the “Y” on the Albany Northern Railroad |City=Albany

{{Other First |Name=First Tour Ever- Excelsiors Conduct Undefeated Western NY Road Trip.

...=Excelsiors Conduct Undefeated Western NY Road Trip. . ."First Tour Ever? First $500 Player Ever? |Location=Western New York, NY State,

|State=NY ...tion=<p>A new Base Ball Club, called the "Independent," has been organized in Plattsburgh, with the following officers: President, E. Holcomb; Vice Presi

|State=NY |NY Rules=Likely

|State=NY .../em>, Oct. 1, 1866, lists the teams in the base ball tournament at Auburn, NY. The teams included the Hobart College of Geneva, Frontenac of Springport,

...e lad seems to be hurling something and other boys are arranged around him in a pattern suspiciously like those of baseball-type games." Tom surmises tha ...s Reminiscences</span> (1845), Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany NY. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-

|Name=in Saranac Lake in 1891 |State=NY

|Headline=Pupil in Class Seen to "Scamper like a Boy at Bass-ball" |State=NY

...ependent NY Battery] and Battery L. Latter beaten 13 to 6. Officers played in afternoon.&rdquo; And another is recorded on the 30th.</p> |Sources=<p>Ritchie, "Four Years in the First New York Light Artillery" pp 4, 109, 111, 156</p>

|State=NY ...pril 1859, but this is the first game account that we know of. It is found in the baseball clippings collection at the Onondaga Hist Assn.</p>

|State=NY ...ption=<p>Peverelly [page 86] reports that the "Preams" [Priams] played the Albany Knickerbockers on 9/28/1860, losing 28-24.</p>

|State=NY |City=Albany

|Headline=Round Ball, Old Cat Played in Northwest MA Town ...is in the NW corner of the commonwealth, and about 55 miles east of Albany NY.</p>

|Name=Victory Club of Troy v Champion Club of Albany on 26 October 1859 |State=NY

|Headline=Two NY Regiments Play “Grand Game on the Parade Ground” in VA ...ooks 6/27/09 via &ldquo;forty-ninth new&rdquo; search. The regiment formed in the Buffalo area, and was at Falmouth VA on April 18.</p>

|Headline=MA Boy Played One Old Cat, Base Ball in Early Childhood ...and base ball (no scientific games or balls as hard as a white oak boulder in those days) excepted when pressed into service to ride the horse to plough