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Bete-Ombro + (As of January 2023, this is all we know about Bete-ombro. The second rule, above, would seem to distinguish it from cricket.)
1858.73 + (As of July 2022, Protoball lists over 260 base ball clubs from that era. Bruce Allardice adds, 7/30/2022: "the [Boston Post's] 25 number seems to come from the number of clubs that attended the 1858 convention.")
Bace + (As of June 2019, Protoball has only 3 references to “base,” one in the 1300s and two in 1805.)
1813.3 + (As of June 2022, Protoball is not aware of accounts of ballplaying in Hawthorne's works. For a reference to his note on 1862 ballplaying near Alexandria VA, see [[1862.47]]. )
1867.22 + (As of March 2021, this appears to … As of March 2021, this appears to be the earliest reference to a right -- in the form of special tickets -- to exclusive seating being bestowed to reporters. Peter Morris discusses press coverage arrangements in Morris, A Game of Inches (Ivan Dee, 2006), section 14.5.3, pp 403 ff. He cites two Henry Chadwick sources of press areas in June and August 1867 at the Brooklyn Union Grounds and then the Capitoline and Irvington grounds. then the Capitoline and Irvington grounds. )
Magnolia Ball Club of New York + (As of September 2014, we have no … As of September 2014, we have no evidence as to the playing rules this club employed. Thus, we don't yet know whether the game played resembled the Knickerbocker game, codified in 1845, or not. The depiction of stakes for bases, if accurate, might suggest to some that the game was related to what in 1858 was described as the Massachusetts game -- however, the Mass game then used overhand deliveries to batsmen. ;p> )
Slaball + (As of September 2017, we find no other mention of a game by this name in English-language web searches.)
Strike-Out + (As of Spring 2022, we are seeking … As of Spring 2022, we are seeking additional information on local "strike-zone-on-wall" games.One sees strike zones displayed on school-yard and other walls in many geographical areas.What names were used for such games in different areas? Did any involve actual base-running?Are such games known outside the US? Did most use standard tennis balls? such games known outside the US? Did most use standard tennis balls?)
1868.8 + (As of mid 2023, the Protoball Chr … As of mid 2023, the Protoball Chronology includes about 40 entries alluding to Rochester NY from 1825 to 1868. Nearly half have been generously contributed by crack Rochester digger Priscilla Astifan. Most of the games reported appear to be base ball-like games, but 8 refer to cricket, wicket and trap ball. Ten entries refer to soldierly play during the Civil War.Priscilla reported on 5/18/2023: "I haven't yet found any notice in the available newspapers of the game being played or not. But at least the intention was interesting." the intention was interesting." )
Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 15 April 1862 + (As per the newspaper report, each side featured 10 players and five first nine players, per side. Sprague pitched for "Wood's Side." )
1830c.30 + (Ashtabula (1850 population: 821 s … Ashtabula (1850 population: 821 souls) is about 55 miles NE of Cleveland OH and a few miles from Lake Erie. The town of Jefferson OH is about 8 miles inland [S] of Ashtabula."The Sentinel" is presumably the Ashtabula Sentinel. ;is presumably the Ashtabula Sentinel. )
Brown Square + (Astifan, "Baseball in the 19th Ce … Astifan, "Baseball in the 19th Century" says Brown Square was the site of Rochester's first match game.Other early games were played at Jones Square, Franklin Square, and the Babbitt Tract.The 1860 Rochester map shows Jones Square bounded by Jones Avenue on the south, bounded by Schuyler on the east, about where the modern Jones Square is.Franklin Square in 1860 was on the east side of the river, bounded by Andrews on the south, Bowery on the north, and bisected by Chatham (north/south running street)."Mumford's meadow" was the site of a (predecessor?) baseball game c. 1825. See chronologies. The site of this meadow is shown in the linked-to pdf.eball game c. 1825. See chronologies. The site of this meadow is shown in the linked-to pdf.)
Gazelles Club of Evanston + (At a guess, this club played their home games on the campus, what would be known as "Oak Grove" or "University Grove" near the modern-day college library.)
In Burma in 1909 + (At a guess, this is the original … At a guess, this is the original of the note in Spalding's The National Game about American oil workers playing baseball in Burma. The Spalding phot collection, NYPL, has a photo of what may be this team, said to be employees of the Rangoon Oil Co., in "Yenamgyat, Upper Burmah." This location is probably Yenangyaung. This location is probably Yenangyaung. )
In Rochester in 1841 + (At or near Rochester)
1861.25 + (At the time the 40th was stationed at Camp Sedgwick, near Fairfax, VA.)
White Stockings Club of Chicago + (Attached image is that of Colonel Norman Gassette (1839-91), first club president, a prominent Chicago lawyer and politician. Club vice president was Willard F. Wentworth (1838-1910), a former city treasurer.)
University Base Ball Club of Chapel Hill + (Augustus W. Graham, son of former … Augustus W. Graham, son of former senator Graham, wrote his father on Sept. 10, 1867 from Chapel Hill that his university club defeated the Crescent of Raleigh "last Saturday" 54-36, for the championship of the state. See the Papers of William A. Graham, vol. 7 See the Papers of William A. Graham, vol. 7)
Club of Austin + (Austin had 4,051 residents in 1890.)
Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Harlem Club of New York on 20 August 1859 + (Balls Pitched Pidgeon (Eckford): 44-28-28-24-51-15-10-30-65 - 295 Thompson (Harlem): 19-31-25-17-23-36-41-44-14 - 250 (E. Miklich))
Rough and Ready Club of Brooklyn v Baltic Club of Brooklyn on 15 September 1858 + (Baltic of New York? [ba])
Oakland Club of South River + (Baltimore American, Aug. 4, 1869)
1855.37 + (Barre MA (1855 pop. about 3000) is about 60 miles W of Boston. Hardwick, Hubbardstown, Oakham, New Braintree and Petersham are 8-10 miles from Barre. Poor Dana MA was disincorporated in 1938.)
1859.50 + (Barre MA (1860 pop. about 3000) is about 60 miles W of Boston and about 8 miles NE of Hardwick MA.)
Club of Barton v Club of Burlington on 9 August 1861 + (Barton is the name of the township Hamilton is in. See Club of Barton entry. [ba])

In Clinton Circa 1859 + (Baseball was played at Hamilton in 1860.)

Newark Club of Newark v Olympic Club of Newark on 13 July 1855 + (Based on current research, this a … Based on current research, this appears to be the first game played between two New Jersey clubs by New York rules. The two teams played previously on June 13th, but based on the available information, they didn't use New York rules. For this game, the short article and rough box score show nine players on a side and a 31-10 score. The total of 31 runs is in excess of the Knickerbocker's 21, but it may be that the Newark Club batted first and went beyond 21 before the side was retired. In addition a New York Clipper article, date unknown, said that the Newark Club won with "ten runs to spare" and there could also be a number of explanations why the game went on after the Newark Club scored 21 runs. The next potential game by New York rules between New Jersey clubs was the Newark Club's 27 - 19 win over the Newark Juniors on 9/5/1855. Here again there were nine players on a team and the score is closer to what we might expect by Knickerbocker rules.rbocker rules.)
Franklin Club of Detroit v Franklin Club of Detroit on 15 August 1857 + (Beaubien Farm was a cricket club grounds. A game reported in the Detroit Free Press Aug. 23, 1857 is of two 10 on 10 intersquad games, with the scores 21-11 and 21-19. )
Enterprise Club of Bedford + (Bedford was and is a neighborhood of Brooklyn)
1862.12 + (Beecher is here lauding exercise that is both vigorous and inexpensive.)
Pastimes Club of Richmond v Picked nine on 30 July 1867 + (Benefit game for the Masonic Educational Committee Fund. $115 surplus over expenses donated on 19 August.)
Everett Club of Hackensack + (Bergen County Democrat and New Jersey State Register, 7/6/1866)
Quickstep Club of Bergen + (Bergen merged into Jersey City in 1870.)
1856.25 + (Berkshire MA is about 5 miles NE of Pittsfield and about 10 miles E of New York state border. This may have been a wicket match. One wonders why a Friday match would have been held.)
1849.10 + (Beth Hise [email of 3/3/2008] rep … Beth Hise [email of 3/3/2008] reports that the wearing of colored ribbons was a much older tradition.Note: One may ask if something got lost in the relay of this story to Wisconsin. We know of no wicket in England, and neither wicket or cricket used nine-player teams.et in England, and neither wicket or cricket used nine-player teams.)
1859.73 + (Bill Hicklin, 10/5/20 points out … Bill Hicklin, 10/5/20 points out that "Militia regiments in that period, especially in major East Coast cities and in the South, were as much social clubs as anything, organized mostly to hold balls and banquets. Compare the New York volunteer fire companies of the 1840s. A 'Road Trip to New York' would have been right up their alley."Protoball had asked: Was it common for southern soldiers to travel to the north in 1859? Bruce Allardice: "This was not common. The cost was too great. The Richmond Grays were individually wealthy and could afford it. Drill competition between companies in various cities was common in 1859."From Bruce Allardice, 10/5/20: "The unit was a famous unit of the Virginia volunteer militia, its members being among Richmond's 'elite.'. Captain Elliott became a Confederate army Lt. Colonel. The unit served in the war as part [Company A] of the 1st Virginia Infantry CSA." Bill Hicklin, 10/5/20, adds that it fought "right through to Appomattox."Why the soldiers headed to a cemetery? Tom Gilbert pointed out, 10/5-6/20, that Green-wood Cemetery was even then a popular visitor attraction. "Green-wood cemetery in Brooklyn not only welcomed tourists but solicited them. The cemetery was designed with the goal of attracting the public. It imported the grave of Dewitt Clinton for that purpose. All of this predated the famous baseball grave monuments of course."From Richard Hershberger, 10/4/2020: "Richmond is rich with abortive early connections with baseball. In actual practice, baseball took off in Richmond in the summer of 1866, right on schedule for its location, regardless of prior contact with the game."Note: When base ball got to Richmond it really swept in: as of October 2020, Protoball shows no clubs prior to 1866, but 24 clubs prior to 1867. Some other Chronology entries touching on early base ball in Richmond include [[1857.36]], [[1861.1]], [[1863.99]], and [[1866.17]]. [[1866.17]]. )
1871.20 + (Bill Hicklin, 3/9/2016: … Bill Hicklin, 3/9/2016:"It's one of the commonplaces of the old origins debate that led to the Mills Commission that Henry Chadwick was foremost among those arguing that baseball evolved directly from rounders, and indeed he said so many times. In opposition stood those patriotic Americans such as Ward who claimed an indigenous heritage from the Old Cat games."med an indigenous heritage from the Old Cat games.")
Charter Oak Club of Jersey City + (Black Club)
Keystone Club of Jersey City + (Black Club)
Liberty Club of Jersey City + (Black Club)
Lincoln Club of Jersey City + (Black Club)
Oneida Club of Jersey City2 + (Black Club)
Oriental Club of Bergen + (Black Club)
Bachelor Club of Newark + (Black club)
1861c.3 + (Blair, whose grandfather was Lincoln's Postmaster General, lived in Silver Spring, MD, just outside Washington. Blair was born in 1858 or 1859.)
1809.1 + (Block adds: "Other games besides … Block adds: "Other games besides baseball, of course, could have borne the label Ball on that occasion, but none seem obvious. Cricket, football, trap-ball, stool-ball, golf, and various games in the hockey family ,including bandy, hurling, and shinty, all had a presence in the British Isles in that era, but there is no reason the passing multitude in London that day would have considered any of them a "novelty." nsidered any of them a "novelty." )
1850c.12 + (Block notes that the graphic is lifted by the same publisher's 1850 book, Frank and the Cottage).)
1755.3 + (Block points out that this diary … Block points out that this diary entry is (as of 2008) among the first four appearances of the term "base ball," [see #1744.2 and #1748.1 above, and #1755.4 below]. It shows adult and mixed-gender play, and indicates that "at this time, baseball was more of a social phenomenon than a sporting one. . . . played for social entertainment rather than serious entertainment." [Ibid, page 9.]William Bray is well known as a diarist and local historian in Surrey. His diary, in manuscript, came to light in England during the 2008 filming of Ms Sam Marchiano's award-winning documentary, "Base Ball Discovered." (As of late 2020, ITunes lists this documentary at https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/base-ball-discovered/id385353782. Its charge is $10. Another route is <a href="https://www.mlb.com/video/base-ball-discovered-c7145607">https://www.mlb.com/video/base-ball-discovered-c7145607</a>)As of 2019 the diary was missing again -- Block tells the sad story in Pastime Lost (U Nebraska Press, 2019), p. 37. p. 37. )
1749.2 + (Block points out that this very e … Block points out that this very early reference to base-ball indicates that the game was played by adults -- the Prince was 38 years old in 1749, further weakening the view that English base-ball was played mainly by juveniles in its early history.The location of the game was Walton-on-Thames in Surrey. Comparing the 1749 game with modern baseball, Block estimates that the bass-ball was likely played on a smaller scale, with a much softer ball, with batted ball propelled the players' hands, not with a bat, and that runners could be put out by being "plugged" (hit with a thrown ball) between bases. ith a thrown ball) between bases. )
Havana Base Ball Club + (Bob Tholkes found an item in the Washington (DC) Evening Star, Sept.10, 1867: "The Havana base ball club challenged and played its first match with the Matanzas club on Sunday last, but with no result. Another game is to come off there to-day.")
Matanzas Base Ball Club + (Bob Tholkes found an item in the Washington (DC) Evening Star, Sept.10, 1867: "The Havana base ball club challenged and played its first match with the Matanzas club on Sunday last, but with no result. Another game is to come off there to-day.")

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