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  • 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>>)
  • 1851.8  + (<p>Another game in Sacramento was covered in April of 1854. John Thorn suggests that "the above 'game of ball' may be inferred to be baseball (I think)."</p>)
  • Soak Ball  + (<p>Anson also mentions: "I longed .... to be playing soak ball, bull pen or two old cat..." during this time (schoolboy days--he was born in 1852 and raised in Marshalltown, IA).</p>)
  • Alert Club of Washington v Unique Club of Chicago in September 1871  + (<p>Any indication as to why the second game report for this African American club cites a score for 8 innings?</p>)
  • Targette  + (<p>Any new evidence on the nature and extent of targette play?</p>)
  • 1855.19  + (<p>Articles published later in the &<p>Articles published later in the <em>New York Clipper,</em> the <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Spirit of the Times</span>,</em> the <em>New-York Daily Times,</em> and the <em>Brooklyn Daily Eagle</em> announced the first appearance in print of 18 new clubs in the Greater NYC region during 1855.</p>> announced the first appearance in print of 18 new clubs in the Greater NYC region during 1855.</p>)
  • 1853.7  + (<p>As a way of teaching nature [each<p>As a way of teaching nature [each chapter introduces several birds, insects, and "wild plants"] this book follows a group of boys and girls of unspecified age [post-pubescent, we guess] through a calendar year. The bass-ball/rounders reference above is one of the few times we run across both terms in a contemporary writing. So, now: Is the author denoting are there two distinct <em>games</em> with different rules, or just two distinct <em>names</em> for the same game?  The syntax here leaves that distinction muddy, as it could be the former answer if the children played bass-ball and rounders separately that [June] day. </p></br><p>Richard's take on the bass-ball/rounders ambiguity: "It is possible that there were two games the party played . . . but the likelier interpretation is that this was one game, with both names given to ensure clarity." David Block [email of 2/27/2008] agrees with Richard. Richard also says "It is possible that as the English dialect moved from "base ball" to "rounders," English society concurrently moved from the game being played primarily played by boys and only sometimes being played by girls. I am not qualified to say."</p>being played by girls. I am not qualified to say."</p>)