1854.7

From Protoball
Revision as of 20:46, 21 July 2012 by Dave (talk | contribs) (Chronology Import)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Chronologies
Scroll.png

Prominent Milestones

Misc BB Firsts
Add a Misc BB First

About the Chronology
Tom Altherr Dedication

Add a Chronology Entry
Open Queries
Open Numbers
Most Aged

Empire Club Constitution Appears, Club Lifts Off

Text

Constitution, by-laws and rules of the Empire Ball Club; organized October 23rd, 1854 [New York, The Empire Club], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 223.

We have no record of 1854 games, but the following April, they took the field: "The Empire Bass Ball Club played their first regular season game at McCarthy's ground, Hoboken, yesterday afternoon. This club, consisting of some thirty young men, mostly clerks in the lower part of the City, was organized last year nearly at the close of the season."

"Empire Bass Ball Club," New York Daily Times Volume 4, number 1125 (Thursday, April 26, 1855), page 8, column 1. Contributed by Craig Waff, May 16, 2009.

Comment Edit with form to add a comment
Query Edit with form to add a query



Comments

<comments voting="Plus" />