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|Name=Club of West Union |Club Name=West Union

|Name=Liberty Club of New Brunswick v Union Club of Elizabeth on 11 July 1859 |Borough=Union County

|Name=Alert Club of Elmira v Union Club of Elmira on 26 April 1866 |City=Elmira

|Name=Union Club of Easton |Club Name=Union

|City=Corinth ...ay 4, 1876, gives a story and box score of a game "last Saturday" in which Union Grove defeated Corinth 27-14.</p>

|Name=Union Club of Bloomfield v Adriatic Club of Newark in 1858 |Borough=Essex County

|Name=Bristol County Club of North Easton |Club Name=Bristol County

|Name=Union grounds, Elizabeth |City=Elizabeth

|Name=Union Club of New Bedford |Club Name=Union

|City=Woodland ...nto <em>Daily Union</em>, April 10, 1875: "Woodland Items... there will be a match game of base ball on Saturday between the Capitol Jr. Club of Sacrame

|Name=Union Club of Bloomfield v Washington Club of Newark on 19 June 1858 |City=Newark

|City=Caseyville ...hawneetown. Caseyville is a small community across the Ohio River in Union County, KY.</p>

|First Newspaper Mention=1897/10/16 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|Name=Union Club of Roseville v Adriatic Jr. Club of Newark on 17 October 1857 |Borough=Essex County

|City=Albia ...between the Bull Run Base Ball Club and the Monroe Base Ball Club of this city..."</p>

|Name=Bristol County Club of New Bedford |Club Name=Bristol County

|First Name=Edward Washington ...diana, founding the Goshen Times newspaper and in 1857 and 1858 serving as a circuit court judge.</p>

|First Name=Edward Washington ...>Goshen Times</em> newspaper. In the late 1850s, Metcalf served as a judge in Elkhart, Indiana.</p>

|Name=Poughkeepsie Sr. v Union Club of Newburgh on 24 July 1860 |City=Poughkeepsie

|City=Darlington ...Lafayette County <em>Union</em> as reporting that Darlington recently lost a base ball game to Mineral Point, 40-34.</p>

|Name=Union Club of Lansingburgh |City=Lansingburgh

|Borough=Essex County |City=Newark

|City=Mineral Point ...County&nbsp;<em>Union</em>&nbsp;as reporting that Darlington recently lost a base ball game to Mineral Point, 40-34.</p>

|Borough=Union County |City=Elizabeth

|City=Rochester ...cle (August 6, 1869), the town's first team, the Live Oak Club, had formed in 1855. We seem not to have further corroboration of the date as of 10/12.</p

|Name=Predecessor Game in New Bedford in 1858 |City=New Bedford

|City=Rutherford |Modern Address=Gibson County, TN

|Name=Union Club of Medway v Massapoag Club of Sharon on 30 September 1858 |City=Dedham

|First Name=Charles Theodore ...f noted Illinois educator Ella Flagg Young, Charles T. Flagg was a private in the 19th Illinois infantry and fought at the battles of Stones River and Ch

|Headline=1000 Watch November Base Ball in New Bedford MA. Brr. |City=New Bedford

|City=Bellaire ...nford. They soon beat the Wheeling Stars. Among the players mentioned were Union army veterans Danford, Dr. Charles Adams, Robert H. Cochran, and Will Alexa

|Name=In Chicago in 1850 |City=Chicago

|City=Downers Grove ...Downers Grove, Du Page County, in what is now the Chicago suburbs, played a Chicago team July 7, 1858. &ldquo;Base Ball Match,&rdquo; Chicago Daily Pre

|City=Nashville ...rest Clubs, juvenile, played a match game for the championship of Davidson County yesterday. The Forrest won, scoring forty-one to twenty-six by the Morgan."

|City=Nashville ...The prize being a beautiful Rosewood Bat, and the championship of Davidson County. The Bat being presented by Mr. Luck, the well-known variety dealer, on Chu

|City=Tuscarora Indian Reservation ...Advertiser, Sept. 29, 1858 reports that the Tuscarora Indians have formed a base ball club.</p>

|Name=Union Club of Chicago |Club Name=Union

|City=Fernandina ...early in 1870. See &ldquo;First Baseball Team in Fernandina,&rdquo; Nassau County Genealogist, vol. 2 no. 1 (Fall 1994), p. 25.</p>

|City=Morris ...h, Morris winning by 12 scores. Same Oct. 17, 1867 says that at the Grundy County Fair the Fox River of Yorkville and Bristol defeated the Illinois club 59-3

...nutes from the City depot, and it presents a fine field for the purpose of a permanent inclosed ball ground. New York Sunday Mercury December 8, 1872</ <p>numbered reserved seats; a seating chart</p>

|City=Nashville ...The prize being a beautiful Rosewood Bat, and the championship of Davidson County. The Bat being presented by Mr. Luck, the well-known variety dealer, on Chu

|City=Nashville ...exhibited on the part of the umpire, Mr. Wm. Buck. The following items by a spectator will prove the above:</p>

|City=Yorkville ...club in that town, the Kendall BBC, with E. J. Quigley as president, John A. Beeman as VP, H. G. GAbel as Secretary, and J. C. Goodale as Treasurer.</p

|City=Portland ...t state, was organized June 2, 1866 . . . . There is also a club at Oregon City called the Clackamas Club. . . . . The Pioneer Club joined the National Ass

|City=Davenport ...Gazette</em>, Oct. 12, 1866 reports that the Scott and Union clubs of this city will play at the grounds, corner of 16th and Ripley Sts.</p>

|Date Note=formed previously; not first game |City=Mankato

|City=Lockport |Field=Fair Grounds, Niagara County

|Borough=Hudson County |City=Hoboken

...y collected data on the SABR "Spread of Base Ball" site, and in Protoball, a surprising number and variety of claims of area championships turned up, of |Unbeaten Against other County Clubs

Editors Note: Each issue we plan to highlight a bat-ball game that preceded baseball. A Little Pretty Pocket-Book (1744)

! City/Town Playing Field | <p>Green Mountain Boys (W)</p> <p>Olympic (L)</p> <p>(first match)</p>

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

! City/Town Playing Field ...ington (Buffalo?) 37</p> <p>(<i>New York Clipper:</i> “The young men … had a game at Base Ball … at an excursion to Alden, for an oyster supper, …�

|Description=A Source-Based Description of Town Ball Play ...tial December 2012 draft. Send us information on omissions and errors for a second draft.'''

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