Eagle Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 29 July 1858
| Date of Game | Thursday, July 29, 1858 |
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| Location | Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ, United States |
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| Field | Elysian Fields |
| Home Team | Eagle Base Ball Club of New York |
| Away Team | Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York |
| Score | 45 - 18 |
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| Description | (conquering game of a home-and-home match) (NYT: “The conquering game … resulted in an unexpected, but overwhelming defeat of the parent of all the Base Ball Clubs. … / During the match, and also at another between the Mutual and the Monument Club, there were more than 3,000 spectators … / After the match, refreshments were served up to the members of the two Clubs and their friends and guests in the Pavillion, at which some pretty and complimentary things were said by Mr. Davis, President of the Knickerbockers, and Mr. Bixby, of the Eagles, in which the latter, whilst receiving the trophy of the victory—the ball—took occasion to say that the Eagles, whilst playing the match felt that they were simply contending with friends and that the great disparity in the score arose from the absence of some of the Knickerbockers’ principal players.”) (NYC: “After the game was concluded, refreshments were served up in the Pavillion to the gentlemen of both clubs and their friends, during the discussion of which the ceremony of giving up the trophy of victory was performed by Mr. Davis, President of the Knickerbocker, accompanied by a neat speech, to which Mr. Bixby, of the Eagle, replied, in terms eulogistic of their opponents’ prowess, remarking, also, that the Eagles, while playing the match felt that they were simply contending with with friends, and that the great disparity in the score arose from the absence of some of the best of Knickerbocker players. These remarks were well timed, and well rendered, and that he touched the latent chords of some of those fine feeling fellows, was apparent by the way in which their countenances brightened up, and by the thunders of applause which followed them.”) (SOT: “These two long-organized Clubs played a match … It resulted … in the unexpected defeat to the time-honored ‘old Knicks.’ It is fair to mention, however, that the latter Club were shorn of a host of their strength in the absence of Captain De Bost.”) (PSOT: “There were the usual crowds in attendance, and considerable interest was manifested in the game. The ‘Nestors’ were considerably weakened by the absence of De Bost, and several others, from their nine; and the Eagles did not present their full strength.…The day’s play concluded with the usual expressions of good feeling, so characteristic of all true ball-players, and a promise of a different result next time was made by the Knickerbockers.”) |
| Sources | (1) “Base Ball—Eagle Club vs. Knickerbocker,” NYT, vol. 7, no. 2140 (30 Jul 1858), p. 5, col. 2 (2) “Eagle vs. Knickerbocker,” NYC, vol. 6, no. 16 (7 Aug 1858), p. 126, col. [xx] (3) “Sporting Intelligence Extra: Base Ball—Knickerbocker vs. Eagle,” SOT, vol. 28, no. 27 (14 Aug 1858), p. 313, col. 3 (4) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Knickerbocker vs. Eagle,” PSOT, vol. 4, no. 23 (7 Aug 1858), p. 357, col. 2 (5) W. M. Rankin, “Early History of Baseball” (1886), clipping in Mears Collection (6) Peverelly, pp. 18 & 26 (7) Wright, pp. 23 & 26 |
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| Found by | Craig Waff |
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| Entry Origin | Games Tab |
| Entry Origin Url | http://protoball.org/Games Tab:Greater New York City#date1858-7-29 |
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