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• Banana Ball  + (<p>According to this article, "banana ball" debuted in 2021:</p> <p>https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/introducing-banana-ball-the-savannah-bananas-attempt-to-change-baseball/</p>)
• 1854.13  + (<p>Actually, Mr. Calthrop may have come along about 95 years too late to make that claim: see #[[1760s.1]] above.</p>)
• 1827.2  + (<p>Adams' use of a frame-within-a-fr … <p>Adams' use of a frame-within-a-frame device is interesting to baseball history buffs, but the authenticity of the recollected game is hard to judge in a work of fiction. Mumford's lot was in fact an early Rochester ballplaying venue, and Thurlow Weed (see entry #[[1825c.1]]) wrote of club play in that period. Priscilla Astifan has been looking into Adams' expertise on early Rochester baseball. See #[[1828c.3]] for another reference to Adams' interest in baseball about a decade before the modern game evolved in New York City.</p>re the modern game evolved in New York City.</p>)
• Club of Hamburg, Germany  + (<p>Additional sources for same report, with some detail. The Maine club involved reported as the Gorham Base Ball Club.</p>)
• 1855.16  + (<p>Adelman bases his analysis on the … <p>Adelman bases his analysis on the premise that base ball's predecessor games were played mainly be juveniles.  This premise can be questioned.  Even discounting play by university youths up to 1845, adult play in the military and elsewhere was hardly rare before the Gothams and Knickerbockers formed in New York around 1840, as many entries in this chronology indicate.  </p>dicate.  </p>)
• 1853c.15  + (<p>Adelman does not mention that until 1854 there were few other known clubs for the KBBC to challenge to match games.</p> <p> </p>)
• 1862.9  + (<p>Admission had occasionally also been charged for "benefit" games for charities or to honor prominent players.</p>)
• Pythian Club of Philadelphia v Mutual Club of Washington on 18 June 1871  + (<p>African American Clubs</p>)
• Club of Columbus  + (<p>African American ball club.</p>)
• Club of Madison  + (<p>African American ball clubs.</p>)
• Unique Club of Brooklyn v Excelsior Club of Philadelphia on 3 October 1867  + (<p>African American base ball.</p>)
• Young Americas Club of Manhattan v Golden Stars Club of Manhattan in September 1871  + (<p>African American base ball.</p>)
• Club of Smyrna  + (<p>African American club.</p>)
• Colored Union Club of Williamsburg  + (<p>African American club.</p>)
• Pythian Club of Philadelphia v Mutual Club of Washington on 2 September 1871  + (<p>African American club.</p>)
• In Albany in 1882  + (<p>African American clubs.</p>)
• Unexpected Club of Rochester  + (<p>African-American team. Frederick Douglass' son Charles played for them.</p>)
• Bachelors Club of Albany  + (<p>African-American team</p>)
• Star Club of Los Angeles  + (<p>African-American. First inter-racial game in Los Angeles?</p>)
• 1859.65  + (<p>After the Eckford Club contradict … <p>After the Eckford Club contradicted the <em></em>claim that several  players were resigning and moving to other clubs, the <em>Clipper </em>issued a retraction on December 3: "...we are pleased to learn that it is not correct, for we do not approve of these changes at all." </p>e do not approve of these changes at all." </p>)
• Hamilton Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>Aka Hamilton Club of Bedford?</p>)
• Spencer Club of Boston  + (<p>Aka King Philip BBC?</p>)
• Melpomene Base Ball Club of New Orleans  + (<p>Aka Melpomenia</p>)
• Randall Club of Philadelphia  + (<p>Aka S. J. Randall Club. Named for a politician.</p>)
• Irwin Club of Philadelphia  + (<p>Aka William B. Irwin club. Men of a fire company.</p>)

• In New Bedford in 1868  + (<p>Almost forgotten for 30 years!</p>)

• Softball Cricket  + (<p>Also played on the Isle of Man, the West Indies and the U.S.</p>)
• Manchester Mirror printers v Other Manchester printers on 6 April 1858  + (<p>Also see The Peterborough Transcript, April 14, 1858 [ba]</p>)
• Cassidy  + (<p>Also spelled "Cassady" and "Cassiday."</p>)
• Castrin  + (<p>Also spelled "Castrine"</p>)
• 1811.1  + (<p>Altherr explains that Kingston Academy is British.</p> <p>This book appears to be a reprint of the 1805 London publication above at [[1805.3]].</p>)
• Sunrise Club of Paterson v Amateur Club of Paterson on 4 July 1866  + (<p>Amateur Club was formerly the Empire Club</p>)
• Club of Saltillo  + (<p>American soldiers may have played … <p>American soldiers may have played baseball in Saltillo in 1847. O<span>n January 30, 1847, Adolph Engelmann, an Illinois volunteer, reported: “During the past week we had much horse racing and the drill ground was fairly often in use for ball games.” [cited in Our Game blog]</span></p>ames.” [cited in Our Game blog]</span></p>)
• Excelsior Club of Baltimore  + (<p>An 1866 club called itself the Ex … <p>An 1866 club called itself the Excelsior of West Baltimore. Baltimore <em>American</em>, Aug. 10, 1866.</p></br><p>An Excelsior BBC played the Peabody for the city junior championship in 1867. Baltimore <em>American</em>, July 30, 1867.</p></br><p>The Baltimore Daily Exchange, July 13, 1859, reports that in the past week the Excelsior BBC was formed, with W. D. Shurtz as president.</p></br><p>This club may have been preceded in Baltimore by the "Urche" club. See McKenna, "Baltimore Baseball: The Beginning, 1858- 1872"</p> the "Urche" club. See McKenna, "Baltimore Baseball: The Beginning, 1858- 1872"</p>)
• Wright's Grove  + (<p>An 1868 image fsrom the CHS is in protopix.</p> <p>It was called Timothy Wright's Grove in the 1850s, after the co-owner of the Chicago Tribune.</p>)
• Alamo Plaza  + (<p>An 1869 game was played at the Arsenal Grounds. See San Antonio Express, Oct. 17, 1965</p>)
• Williams Hall  + (<p>An 1888 photo of Williams Hall and College Hall is in the MSU archives. See https://onthebanks.msu.edu/Object/162-565-2041/78-williams-hall-and-college-hall-circa-1888/</p>)
• In New Haven in 1843  + (<p>An Etna Wicket Club of New Haven mentioned in NY Clipper, Nov. 21, 1857</p>)
• Peabody Club of Baltimore  + (<p>An Excelsior BBC played the Peabody for the city junior championship in 1867. Baltimore <em>American</em>, July 30, 1867.</p>)
• Irving Club of Williamsburg  + (<p>An Irving Jr. Club is mentioned in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 16, 1867</p>)
• Ivanhoe Club of Brooklyn  + (<p>An Ivanhoe (jr) Club of Bedford (Brooklyn) is mentioned in the New York <em>Dispatch</em>, July 8, 1866</p>)
• In Indianapolis in 1859  + (<p>An ad for organizing a cricket club in the Indianapolis Star, July 26, 1864</p>)
• Club of Houston  + (<p>An article in PSOT April 27, 1861 says this club was formed on the 4th.</p>)
• Union Club of St. Louis  + (<p>An article on early St. Louis bas … <p>An article on early St. Louis baseball in "The Sporting News" Nov. 2, 1895 says the Union Club defeated the Empire BBC 15-14 in Dec., 1859, hen lost to the Empire 15-14 on New Years Day, 1860. The two clubs played four times 1860-61, the Union winning two 53-15 and 30-17, and losing two 9-21 and 20-24. [ba]</p>d 30-17, and losing two 9-21 and 20-24. [ba]</p>)
• Cyclone Club of St. Louis  + (<p>An article on early St. Louis baseball in "The Sporting News" Nov. 2, 1895 says the Cyclones lost an early game to the Morning Star BBC 21-36.</p>)
• Star Club of Bloomfield  + (<p>An extensive article on the Stars can be found in Samuel Pierson, "Thumbing the Pages of Baseball History in Bloomfield" (1939). They played at "The Green, on a diamond situated just north of Monroe Place." [ba]</p>)
• 1821.7  + (<p>An interesting aspect of this dra … <p>An interesting aspect of this drawing is that there appear to be four defensive players and only two offensive players . . . unless the two seated gentlemen in topcoats have left them on while waiting to bat. One might speculate that the wicketkeepers are permanently on defense and the other pairs alternate between offense and defense when outs are made. Another possibility is that all players rotate after each out, as was later seen in scrub forms of base ball.</p></br><p>Also note the relative lack of open area beyond the wickets.  Perhaps, as in single-wicket cricket, running was permitted only for balls hit forward from the wicket. </p></br><p> </p></br><p> </p>wicket. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>)
• Hornie-Holes (also Kittie-Cat)  + (<p>An obscure poem reportedly recite … <p>An obscure poem reportedly recited during this game seems to suggest it was played in Scotland.  See Alice Bertha Gomme, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland</span> (London, D. Nutt, 1894), page unspecified. </p>t; (London, D. Nutt, 1894), page unspecified. </p>)
• 1858.7  + (<p>An oddity: in a July intramural c … <p>An oddity: in a July intramural contest, batter Bickham claimed 58 runs of his team's 190 total, while the second most productive batsman mate scored 30, and 5 of his 10 teammates scored fewer than 6 runs each. One wonders what rule, or what typo, would lead to that result.</p>le, or what typo, would lead to that result.</p>)
• Aipuni  + (<p>Andrews' 1865 "Dictionary pf the … <p>Andrews' 1865 "Dictionary pf the Hawaiian Language" p. 279 contains the following:</p></br><p>"Ki-ni-ho-lo. s. kini and holo, to run. the name of a particular game of ball, similar to base ball."</p></br><p>Other sources say the more common name for a ball game is kinipopo. [ba]</p>r sources say the more common name for a ball game is kinipopo. [ba]</p>)
• 1851.2  + (<p>Angus Macfarlane's research shows … <p>Angus Macfarlane's research shows that many New Yorkers were in San Francisco in early 1851, and in fact several formed a "Knickerbocker Association."  Furthermore he discovered that several key members of the eastern Knickerbocker Base Ball Club -- including de Witt, Turk, Cartwright,  Wheaton, Ebbetts, and Tucker -- were in town.  "[I]n various manners and at various times they crossed each other's paths."  Angus suggests that they may have been involved in the 1851 games, so it is possible that they were played by Knickerbocker rules . . .  at a time when in New York most games were still intramural affairs within the one or two base ball clubs playing here.</p>>)