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|Headline=Second NJ 27, First NJ 10, in Virginia Camp |City=Alexandria

|Headline=Drawing Shows 1st NJ Artillery Playing Ball Game on a Diamond |City=Brandy Station

|Headline=2nd NY Plays 9th NJ for $300.00 |City=Falmouth

|State=NJ |City=Trenton

|Headline=Second NJ Regiment Forms BB Club in Virginia Camp |City=Alexandria

|State=NJ |City=Jamesburg

|State=NJ |City=Paterson

{{Other First |Name=First Use of Two Catchers in on One Team?

|State=NJ |City=Freehold

|Headline=Bettors Beware: NJ Soldiers Upset 2nd NY, 34-11: Daily Inter-regimental Play is Reported |City=Falmouth

|Headline=The First Vintage Games? |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Lambertville

|Headline="Town Ball" Noted by Traveler from Philadelphia to Cape Island NJ |State=NJ

|Name=Pioneer Club of Jersey City, NJ v Columbia Club of Brooklyn on 19 September 1855 |State=NJ

|Name=Olympic Club of Philadelphia in 1838 |State=NJ

|Title=Athletics at Princeton: A History |Is in library=Yes

|State=NJ |City=Lawrenceville

|State=NJ |City=Camden

|Name=Second New Jersey Infantry v First New Jersey Infantry on 16 November 1861 |City=Alexandria

|State=NJ |City=Orange

|State=NJ |City=Toms River

...shorter skirts with stockings or leggings in sports, and 'ladies' baseball in Beach Haven ended by World War I."</span></p> <p class="description"><em>Long Beach Island, NJ News,&nbsp;</em>June 3, 2015, "Beach Haven's Throwback Softball Game Has 'T

|Name=Pioneer Club of Jersey City, NJ v Pioneer Club of Jersey City, NJ on 12 September 1855 |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Carlstadt

|Headline=First Murder in a Baseball Game? |City=

|Location=Greater New York City, |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Paterson

|Headline=2nd NJ Forms “Excelsior Base Ball Club” |City=Alexandria

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|City=Alexandria ...game. "Many of the contestants are old members of New York clubs..." Gives a box score. Letter dated Oct. 29, Camp St. John, near Alexandria.</p>

|State=NJ |City=Trenton

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|Name=in Trenton on 2 June 1856 |State=NJ

{{Other First |Name=First Interclub Second Nine Play

|Headline=Newark Club Hosts Jersey City -- Earliest Knick-rules Tilt in NJ? |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Camden

|Headline=African American Clubs Play in NJ |Location=Greater New York City,

{{Other First |Name=The First Vintage Games?

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Headline=America's First Interclub Ballgame, in Philadelphia |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Camden

|City=Newark ...endent, of Newark, and the O.K. of Zanesville, came off on the vacant lots in East Newark, on Friday last..." Zanesville won 21-15.</p>

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Headline=Ballgame Marks Anniversary in MA |City=Barre

|Location=Greater New York City, |State=NY, NJ

|Location=Greater New York City |State=NJ

|Name=Reckless Club of Atlantic City |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Headline=Strolling Past a Ballgame in Elysian Fields |Tags=Ball in the Culture,

{{Other First |Name=First Industrial Game Reported

|State=NJ |City=Elizabeth

|Location=Greater New York City, |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Camden

{{Other First |Name=First Junior Base Ball Club Founded

|City=Falmouth ...h New Jersey Regiments on Tuesday last, resulted in favor of the Eighth by a score of 50 to 15. . . . On the second innings the Eighth Regiment made 14

|State=NJ |City=Newark

...e=Union Cricket Club of Philadelphia v St. George Cricket Club of New York City on 20 July 1843 |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Princeton

|Name=The Green in Bloomfield |State=NJ

{{Other First |Name=First 6-4-3 Noted

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Elizabeth

|City=Falmouth ...at them, and tomorrow the Eight New Jersey playes the second N.Y. for $300 a side, and then we play the Sickles Brigade.&rdquo;</p>

|Headline=Henry Chadwick Plays a "Scrub" Game of Baseball? |Location=Greater New York City,

|Name=In Princeton in 1857 |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=East Newark

|Headline=First Jr. Base Ball Club Founded |Location=Greater New York City,

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

...ge of base ball club activities from 1855 to 1860, a period when only five NJ cities had daily papers.&nbsp; John has made major contributions to the SAB ...ball counties in the state were Hudson County (which includes both Jersey City and Hoboken) and Essex County, the two counties closest to Hoboken's famous

|Location=NJ, |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Tags=Ball in the Culture, |State=NY-NJ

|Headline=Twenty Sixth NJ 20, Second NY 12, in Virginia |City=Falmouth

{{Other First |Name=First Known Shutout

|State=NJ |City=Jersey City

|Name=Enterprise Club III of Jersey City |State=NJ

|Headline=Shinty Played in Hoboken in 1836 |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Coytesville

|State=NJ |City=Trenton

|State=NJ |City=Jersey City

|State=NJ |City=Princeton

|Name=In Hoboken on 1 October 1845 |State=NJ

|City=Brooklyn ...res on every innings afterwards, not a player of the Resolute securing his first base from the beginning of the fifth innings to the close of the 9th."&nbsp

|Name=Columbia Club of Brooklyn v Pioneer Club of Jersey City, NJ on 3 September 1855 |City=Williamsburg

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Coytesville

|State=NJ |City=Trenton

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Hackensack

|Name=Princeton University Freshmen v Princeton University Sophomores in 1857 |State=NJ

|Headline=Detachment Forms BB Club in Trenton |State=NJ

|Name=Atlantic Club II of Jersey City |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Bloomfield

|Headline=Eureka! A Press Credential |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Camden

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Jersey City

{{Other First |Name=First Reported use of Knickers During a Base Ball Match

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Jersey City

...cker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York in July 1850 |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hackensack

|Tags=Ball in the Culture |State=NY-NJ

|Headline=Shinty Played in Hoboken |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

{{Other First |State=NJ

...cker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York in November 1849 1 |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

<p>Hoboken Public Library (HPL) Online History Collection: City Directories, old newspapers, maps, scrapbooks, oral histories.</p> ...Other HPL Hoboken History Holdings: Books, Photos, Jersey City and Hoboken City Directories, Jersey Journal (May 2,1867-&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

|State=NJ |City=Camden

|State=NJ |City=Camden

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|Headline=In Virginia: Select Nine 29, 2nd NJ Brigade 15 |City=Falmouth

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Headline=Recollections of a Jersey City Boy -- And A Different Rule for Plugging |Location=NJ

|Location=Greater New York City, ...runs, the [NJ] Pioneer Club's intramural game in September 1855 took 3 and a quarter hours, and eight innings. Final score: single men, 52, marrieds 38.

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|City=Philadelphia <p>(town ball &ndash; 12 innings, 11 a side)</p>

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

{{Other First |Name=Shut Out Reported as the First Ever; Excelsiors 25, St. George Nine 0

|Headline=First Inter-City AA Game? |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Paterson

...cker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York in November 1849 2 |State=NJ

|Headline=First Baseball Attendance of a Thousand or More |Tags=Ball in the Culture, Business of Baseball,

|State=NJ |City=Elizabeth

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Name=Ashland v Amateur in Hoboken on 29 August 1857 |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Location=Greater New York City, |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|City=Belleville |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|Headline=Shut Out Reported as the First Ever; Excelsiors 25, St. George Nine 0 |Location=Greater New York City,

|State=NJ |City=Lawrenceville

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Name=Pavonia Club of Jersey City |State=NJ

|Name=Star Club of Brooklyn v Lone Star Club of Jersey City on 26 June 1858 |City=Jersey City

|City=Detroit ...possibly the first club west of NYC/NJ was established in Detroit Michigan in the summer of 1857. The club, comprising mostly printers from the Detroit F

|City=Newark |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|City=Newark |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

{{Other First |Name=First Mention of Fastball Pitching

{{Other First |Name=First Baseball Attendance of a Thousand or More

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|City=Easton ...Easton&nbsp;</span><em>Daily Free Press</em><span>, Sept. 16, 1867 reports a game between the junior and sophomore classes of Lafayette College.</span><

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

...cker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York in April 1850 1 |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Greenville

...cker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York in April 1850 2 |State=NJ

|Name=Hamilton Club of Jersey City v Liberty Club of New Brunswick on 2 July 1860 |City=Jersey City

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Newark

<p>Hoboken Public Library (HPL) Online History Collection: City Directories, old newspapers, maps, scrapbooks, oral histories.</p> ...Other HPL Hoboken History Holdings: Books, Photos, Jersey City and Hoboken City Directories, Jersey Journal (May 2,1867-&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Perth Amboy

|City=New Brunswick |State=NJ

|Tags=Ball in the Culture |Location=Greater New York City,

|City=Philadelphia |Sources=<p><em>Spirit of the Times</em>, May 3, 1845, p.106: a letter from a Philadelphia correspondent. Posted on 19cbb by David Ball, Aug. 27, 2007</p

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Bloomfield

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Englewood

|State=NJ |City=Camden

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Name=Union Club of Bloomfield v Adriatic Club of Newark in 1858 |State=NJ

|City=New York ...y lost to the Eighth NJ V and defeated the Eleventh Massachusetts V.&nbsp; A third match was scheduled with the Second Fire Zouaves which created consid

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|Name=Whittemore side v Randall side in May 1869 |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|City=Jacksonville ...that on the 27th the Osceolas of Jacksonville tied the DeSoto BBC of Lake City 13-13 at Jacksonville.</p>

|Headline=Game With Plugging of Runners Later Recalled in Jersey City |State=NJ

...cker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York in October 1849 |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|City=Hamburg ...b is debating whether to accept a challenge that has been sent from a club in Hamburg, Germany." The Oct. 18 report specified that the recipient club was

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Location=Greater New York City, |State=NJ

|City=New York ...&ldquo;The Eckford is well known as one of the crack Base Ball Clubs, and a numerous assemblage was upon the grounds to see the strife.&rdquo;</p>

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|City=Piermont ...ides were chosen, when the game commenced, and was continued throughout in a very spirited manner, as the following figures will show; R. R. Carr acting

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|City=Newark |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|City=Philadelphia ...v. 20, 1858 (Camden vs. Olympic); Nov. 5, 1859 (Excelsior vs. Athletic, 11 a side); Aug, 4 and 11, 1860 (Excelsior vs. Camden). See also Philadelphia In

|Headline=In Paterson NJ, Old Fashioned Game Played After Civil War |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

...enables a researcher to locate and count team nicknames of the 3,700 clubs in the database. ...tar” denoted the lead performer (as in a play) as well as a heavenly body. A well-regarded early Brooklyn club also sported this nickname.

|Headline=A Ball Club Forms in Philadelphia; It Later Adopts Base Ball, and Lasts to 1887 |City=Philadelphia

|Headline=First Ball of the Base Ball Clubs Attracts 200 Couples at Niblo's Saloon |Tags=Ball in the Culture,

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Headline="Antiquated Base Ball Club" Plays Throwback Game in Newark |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Location=NJ, |State=NJ

|City=New York ...ont-size: small;">nd</span></sup> instant, at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken [NJ]. It is earnestly requested that every member will be present, willing and

|State=NJ |City=Newark

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Location=Greater New York City |State=NJ

|State=NJ |City=Hoboken

|Title=Ballplaying in Civil War Camps ...a Base: NOTE -- This article was updated and re-cast by Bruce Allardice in 2018

...group, on EF's influence on how base ball evolved.&nbsp; It concludes with a range of 4 alternative speculative but plausible assessments.&nbsp; We seek ...e not restricted to EF itself, but might&nbsp;treat&nbsp;issues that arose in the EF postings -- like the availability of playable grounds, etc.<br></p>

|Related Pages=Chronology:Civil_War, Chronology, Ballplaying in Civil War Camps ...the Civil War (Millen 2001; Kirsch 2003)<ref>George B. Kirsch, <u>Baseball in Blue and Gray</u> (Princeton U., 2003); Patricia Millen, <u>From Pastime to

...all games such as cricket and town ball, which featured 360 degree fields. In fact this has been given as one reason early NYC baseball clubs played thei ...nd 1850s? Or was it instead because the open space was so far north of the city center that it was easier to take the ferry across the Hudson to Elysian Fi

...ntroduction on the current knowledge about the Elysian Fields and its role in base ball history.&nbsp; '''(3)&nbsp; Discussion Thread A: Did EF Change Base Ball?&nbsp;'''

...all games such as cricket and town ball, which featured 360 degree fields. In fact this has been given as one reason early NYC baseball clubs played thei ...nd 1850s? Or was it instead because the open space was so far north of the city center that it was easier to take the ferry across the Hudson to Elysian Fi

...text-decoration: underline;">Finding Elysian Fields Data on Protoball.org (In preparation</span>)'''</p> ...="text-align: left;">[] ''Baseball at Hoboken's Elysian Fields, 1845-1865: A Visual History,''</p>

|Region=Greater New York City, 1861 - 1862 ! City/Town Playing Field

|Region=Greater New York City ! City/Town Playing Field