In Delhi on 12 July 1825
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| Date of Game | Tuesday, July 12, 1825 |
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| Game | Bass-Ball |
| Location | Delhi, NY, United States |
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| Has Source On Hand | No |
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| NY Rules | No - Predecessor |
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| Description | The Knickerbockers were not the first baseball club in the country, nor did their formation immediately result in a flurry of interest by other young men in organizing such clubs. Newspaper reports indicate that one or more teams existed long before the Knickerbockers; in 1991, Tom Heitz, librarian of the Baseball Hall of Fame, reported finding an account from 12 July 1825 in which a group of nine men challenged any team in Delaware County, New York, to a game.At a guess, this was town ball of some sort. |
| Sources | Rader, "Baseball: A History" (1992) p. 9; Chronologies 1825.2 |
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| Has Source On Hand | No |
| Comment | Thought the quote says Delaware County, I've placed the challenge in Delhi, the county seat. Some sources place the nine in nearby Hamden, NY, newly created from Delhi. The actual newspaper notice reads as follows: The following notice appears in the July 13‚ 1825 edition of the Delhi Gazette: "The undersigned‚ all residents of the new town of Hamden‚ with the exception of Asa Howland‚ who has recently removed to Delhi‚ challenge an equal number of persons of any town in the County of Delaware‚ to meet them at any time at the house of Edward B. Chace‚ in said town‚ to play the game of Bass-Ball‚ for the sum of one dollar each per game."[ba] Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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| Players Locality | Local |
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