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|Book=Games and Empire: Modern Sports and Cultural Imperialism

|Headline=Empire Club Constitution Appears ...l Club; organized October 23^rd, 1854</span>&nbsp;[New York, The Empire Club]</p>

|Name=Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Empire Club of New York on 6 October 1858 |Away Team=Empire Club of New York

..., Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey) among the American students there, and some locals.</p>

...it of the game in a manner worthy of the most ardent devotee, betting kids and other trifles on the result.” ...h Center in Dansville, New York in 1858 and 1859 indicate that the “ladies and gentlemen amuse themselves much by ball playing afternoons.”

...ators was present. Early in the season the Hartford expected to have some games in St. Louis, but on the representation of a member of the Chicago club tha ...and play the strong Empire and Red Stocking clubs. They would make money and foster such interest in the game as would certainly assure a professional n

...','sans-serif';">Illustrated Weekly</span></em> carried a woodcut of young and old alike&nbsp;playing the game. A few weeks earlier, on&nbsp;November 24,& ...aded mechanisms for delivering a one-cent piece from a pitcher to a batter and by a batter into a field with cavities: "a pinball machine is&nbsp;not very

|Game=Unnamed Games - Czech, ...the game "is good for tender youth which never has enough of running back and forth."</p>

...the little boys' ball game was either "Three-old-cats" or "Four-Old Cats," and describes both variations.</p> ...ence of foul territory, an absence of called&nbsp; strikes or&nbsp; balls, and teams of seven to ten players on a team.&nbsp; "It was originally an old En

...lations of the game, binding upon all clubs represented at the Convention, and now generally adopted by all base-ball clubs.</p> ...nd wonderful stories are recounted in which the names of Rice and Wilburs, and others, shine with an enduring fame!<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nb

...le="text-align: center;">''''''''''''''''''​Initial Protoball Thread on EF and the Lack of Manhattan Playing Space (13 Posts, October 2022)''<br></p> ...ct this has been given as one reason early NYC baseball clubs played their games at Elysian Fields.</div>

...a possible introduction on the current knowledge about the Elysian Fields and its role in base ball history.&nbsp; '''&nbsp;Available Playing Space in the 1840s and 1850s'''

'''15 Views, September and October 2022''' ...ct this has been given as one reason early NYC baseball clubs played their games at Elysian Fields.''</div>

...line of his position or off the ground at the time of delivering the ball; and if he fails in either of these particulars then it shall be declared a balk ...ing a bill and move the feet, he must keep within his circumscribed limit, and deliver a fair ball.&rdquo;</p>

...er;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">'''Characterizing Base Ball Games at Elysian Fields'''</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;">with Irwin Chosid and Jonathan Popovich, June 2022,</p>

|Description=Early uniforms and their significance (1st round completed August 2014) ...t BBC of Rushville IN?) Craig’s group will be sorting through these bits, and producing images for many early clubs.

...Peterson, <i>The Man Who Invented Baseball,</i> pp. 72-73</p> <p>(3) Zoss and Bowman, <i>Diamonds in the Rough,</i> p. 57</p> ...ortunate in scoring but one run in their
three innings. Brooklyn scored 22 and of course came off
winners.")</p>