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Phoenix Club of Muscogee + (Our Brother in Red (Muscogee, OK) May 19, 1888 reports on a game at the Muscogee Fair Ground where the Phoenix of Muscogee beat the local Baptist University club 37-14.)
Never Stir Club of Pittsburgh + (Pittsburgh Commercial, Aug. 13, 1866)
Pennsylvania Club of Pittsburgh + (Pittsburgh Commercial, Aug. 13, 1866)
Columbia Club of Pittsburgh + (Pittsburgh Commercial, Aug. 13, 1866)
Well Known Club of Pittsburgh + (Pittsburgh Commercial, Aug. 13, 1866)
Independence Club of Pittsburgh + (Pittsburgh Commercial, Aug. 13, 1866)
Moonlight Club of Pittsburgh + (Pittsburgh Commercial, Aug. 13, 1866)
Energetic Club of Pittsburgh + (Pittsburgh Commercial, Aug. 13, 1866)
Sedgwick Club of Pittsburgh + (Pittsburgh Commercial, Aug. 13, 1866 )
Alert Club of Pittsburgh + (Pittsburgh Commercial&l … Pittsburgh Commercial, Aug. 13, 1866This may be the Alert Club of Mt. Washington, today a part of Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Commercial, Sept. 10, 1866 reports that the Alert of Mt. Washington played the Fearless of Temperanceville.Mt. Washington was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1872.peranceville. Mt. Washington was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1872.)
Lincoln Base Ball Club of Pittsburgh v Enterprise Club of Allegheny on 3 September 1867 + (Pittsburgh Daily Commer … Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, Sept. 3, 1867 notes that the Lincoln and Enterprise BBC will play at Union Park for the championship of Western Pennsylvania.Same, Sept. 4, 1867 notes that the Lincoln upset the previously undefeated Enterprise 22-11, in part because the Enterprise played the first two innings with only 8 players, their shortstop not arriving till the third inning. Part of a 3-game series.Same, Sept. 28, 1867 notes that the Enterprise took the rubber match of the series 60-24.t. 28, 1867 notes that the Enterprise took the rubber match of the series 60-24.)
Club of Aliquippa + (Pittsburgh Daily Post, June 18, 1860 says the Duquesne (of Pittsburgh) beat the Aliquippa 34-15 at All Commons, Friday.)
Allegheny Club of Allegheny + (Pittsburgh Daily Post&l … Pittsburgh Daily Post, Sept. 20, 1860: "The Benedicts and Bachelors of the Allegheny Base Ball Club played a match on West Common, Allegheny, on Tuesday afternoon..."Same, June 17, 1860, reports that on the West Common, Allegheny City, the first and second nines of the Duquesne Base Ball Club played a game. Same, June 18, 1860 says the Duquesne beat the Aliquippa 34-15 at All Commons, Friday.On Sept. 18 and 19, 1865 this club, the Enterprise and Lincoln clubs of Pittsburgh, and the Athletics of Philadelphia, played a baseball tournament on the "west common" (i.e. western part of the "common" of Allegheny, entered as "east common" for field listing). The Philadelphia team won easily. See New York Clipper, Sept. 30, 1865.Pittsburgh annexed Allegheny in 1907ee New York Clipper, Sept. 30, 1865. Pittsburgh annexed Allegheny in 1907)
Genesee Valley Club of Rochester + (Porter’s Spirit of the … Porter’s Spirit of the Times (2): “The prevailing epidemic in this the ‘Flour’ City, at present, appears to be base-ball. Before this year, such a thing as any kind of out-door game, was scarcely thought of. In the Spring, the Flour City Club was organized, soon after followed the Live Oak and University Clubs, and then the Geneva Valley, Olympic, Hickory, Havelock, Excelsior, Married Mens’, No. 1, Young America, and I might say others too numerous to mention. PSOT June 26, July 3, 1858 1858)
Hickory Club of Rochester + (Porter’s Spirit of the … Porter’s Spirit of the Times (2): “The prevailing epidemic in this the ‘Flour’ City, at present, appears to be base-ball. Before this year, such a thing as any kind of out-door game, was scarcely thought of. In the Spring, the Flour City Club was organized, soon after followed the Live Oak and University Clubs, and then the Geneva Valley, Olympic, Hickory, Havelock, Excelsior, Married Mens’, No. 1, Young America, and I might say others too numerous to mention. PSOT June 26, July 3, 1858, 1858)
Havelock Club of Rochester + (Porter’s Spirit of the … Porter’s Spirit of the Times (2): “The prevailing epidemic in this the ‘Flour’ City, at present, appears to be base-ball. Before this year, such a thing as any kind of out-door game, was scarcely thought of. In the Spring, the Flour City Club was organized, soon after followed the Live Oak and University Clubs, and then the Geneva Valley, Olympic, Hickory, Havelock, Excelsior, Married Mens’, No. 1, Young America, and I might say others too numerous to mention. PSOT June 26, July 3, 1858, 1858)
Excelsior Club of Rochester + (Porter’s Spirit of the … Porter’s Spirit of the Times (2): “The prevailing epidemic in this the ‘Flour’ City, at present, appears to be base-ball. Before this year, such a thing as any kind of out-door game, was scarcely thought of. In the Spring, the Flour City Club was organized, soon after followed the Live Oak and University Clubs, and then the Geneva Valley, Olympic, Hickory, Havelock, Excelsior, Married Mens’, No. 1, Young America, and I might say others too numerous to mention. PSOT June 26, July 3, 1858, 1858)
Young America Club of Rochester + (Porter’s Spirit of the … Porter’s Spirit of the Times (2): “The prevailing epidemic in this the ‘Flour’ City, at present, appears to be base-ball. Before this year, such a thing as any kind of out-door game, was scarcely thought of. In the Spring, the Flour City Club was organized, soon after followed the Live Oak and University Clubs, and then the Geneva Valley, Olympic, Hickory, Havelock, Excelsior, Married Mens’, No. 1, Young America, and I might say others too numerous to mention. PSOT June 26, July 3, 1858, 1858)
University Club of Rochester + (Porter’s Spirit of the … Porter’s Spirit of the Times (2): “The prevailing epidemic in this the ‘Flour’ City, at present, appears to be base-ball. Before this year, such a thing as any kind of out-door game, was scarcely thought of. In the Spring, the Flour City Club was organized, soon after followed the Live Oak and University Clubs, and then the Geneva Valley, Olympic, Hickory, Havelock, Excelsior, Married Mens’, No. 1, Young America, and I might say others too numerous to mention. PSOT June 26, July 3, 1858Club of students at the University of Rochester? Or is this club connected with Satterlee's Collegiate Institute, the university's prep school--whose "collegiate" club changed its name to the Aerials in 1867.e Aerials in 1867.)
Rough and Ready Club of Pennfield + (Raftsman's Journal, Sept. 14, 1870)
Active Club of Barrytown + (Red Hook JournalRed Hook Journal, Aug. 24, 1860, prints a letter from Barrytown, Aug. 22, 1860, reporting that "We Barrytonians have organized a base ball club" with L. L. Stillman, president and V. L. Coon, corresponding secretary. [ba]Dutchess Countyon, corresponding secretary. [ba] Dutchess County)
Oostanaula Club of Rome + (Rome Tri-Weekly Courier … Rome Tri-Weekly Courier, March 4, 1869: "The members of the Oostanaula Base Ball Club are requested to meet at the city hall on Friday evening next..." signed Ed Shropshire, VP.Same May 6, 1869 "The young men of our town have organized a club for base ball playing." A practice will take place next Saturday.Oostanaula is the name of the local river. The VP is probably Edward F. Shropshire (1843-1920), a Confederate army veteran who later moved to Atlanta.. Shropshire (1843-1920), a Confederate army veteran who later moved to Atlanta.)
Rundbold + (Rundbold is … Rundbold is given as the Danish name for the Swedish game brannboll.YouTube clips can be found for several depictions of the game. A (non-Danish-speaking Protoball rep observes the folowing: The clips show batters propelling a ball into the field with a (two-handed) fungo style, a one-handed style (think of a sidearmed tennis serve), and with a second player soft tossing a serve from a few feet away.Backward hitting is not observed. Fly outs appear to end a batter's time at bat. sometimes with a change of sides. After hitting the ball, runners try to complete a circuit of four bases (pegs, cones, etc) before the ball is returned to a defender stationed near the hitting area.In some cases, a hit is followed by several runners setting off from the hitting zone at the same time. If the ball is grounded by the defender before a runner reaches the next base, that runner must return to the previous base.Scoring rules are not evident. Players shown are often children, but young adults are also shown, sometimes with beer bottles in hand. lt;p> )
Festive Club of Eufaula + (Selma Times Argus, July 11, 1873 mentions the Festive BBC of Eufaula.)
Slaball + (Slaball is given as the Norwegian name for Brannboll, for which Sweden is a popular baserunning game. "Slaball" is translated as "hit-ball" in this account.)

176th New York Infantry v 9th Connecticut Infantry in 1864 + (Spirit of the Times, April 30, 1864)

Club of Brisbane + (Sporting Life … Sporting Life, Oct. 19, 1907, under the headline "Australian Affairs," notes that Brisbane had baseball clubs for only 1 season, and the game there stopped due to "scarcity of grounds" and migration of the players. It is unclear from the article when the game was played there.During the 1913-14 baseball world tour, on Jan. 1, 1914, the Chicago White Sox and NY Giants played a game at the "Exhibition Oval," in Brisbane, before 5000 spectators. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Jan. 2, 1914, the spectators had seen the game played only once or twice in the last 25 years. For more on this game, see Sullivan, History of the World Tour (1914). For more on this game, see Sullivan, History of the World Tour (1914).)
Club of Adelaide + (Sporting Life … Sporting Life, vol. 15, no. 20 (Aug. 16, 1890) p. 9 has an article titled "Base Ball. Australia News." which gives some details on the "Victoria league" of the Australian state of Victoria. The article mentions teams in Melbourne, Richmond and Victoria, and also clubs in Adelaide, Broken Hill, and Tasmania., and also clubs in Adelaide, Broken Hill, and Tasmania.)
Club of Broken Hill + (Sporting Life … Sporting Life, vol. 15, no. 20 (Aug. 16, 1890) p. 9 has an article titled "Base Ball. Australia News." which gives some details on the "Victoria league" of the Australian state of Victoria. The article mentions teams in Melbourne, Richmond and Victoria, and also clubs in Adelaide, Broken Hill, and Tasmania., and also clubs in Adelaide, Broken Hill, and Tasmania.)
Southern Tasmania Base Ball Club of Hobart + (Sporting Life … Sporting Life, vol. 15, no. 20 (Aug. 16, 1890) p. 9 has an article titled "Base Ball. Australia News." which gives some details on the "Victoria league" of the Australian state of Victoria. The article mentions teams in Melbourne, Richmond and Victoria, and also clubs in Adelaide, Broken Hill, and Tasmania.The Hobart Mercury, April 7, 1890: "S.T.C.C. will initiate a base ball club, and have accepted a challenge to a contest on the 27th of May, at Hobart, from the Fitzroy Club." Same, Jun 7, 1890, says the members of the S.T. Baseball Club meet for practice this afternoon.Same, May 27, 1890 reports on the game, and makes clear the team is named the Southern Tasmania Baseball Club. It seems to have been formed from a cricket club of the same name. It beat Fitzroy 11 to 5 on the "upper cricket grounds". Same May 29, 1890 has the Southern Tasmanians again beating Fitzroy 19 to 10. The names and positions of the players are given in the box score.The Hobart Mercury, Sept. 16, 1890 reports on the annual meeting of the southern Tasmania Cricket Association. It has the following:"BASEBALL. Yet another pastime has been introduced by your committee, namely, the game of base-ball. Materials were procured and members initiated into the mysteries of the game by the M.C.C. on their visit bore. A club has been formed from amongst members of the Association, and two matches played against the Fitzroy Football Baseball Club, in both of which the Association were successful. The number of members is, however, small, though those that have taken up the game have shown great interest in it, and turned up on all occasions for practice.Your committee trust that having gone to the expense of obtaining a complete base ball set the club will not fall to the ground through lack of support on the part of members of the Association, and also that it can be arranged to play both base ball and cricket during the summer months without interfering with the latter game."A wiki article cites a Sept. 22, 1855 article in the [Hobart] "Tasmanian Colonial Times and Tasmanian" as grumbling how baseball was intruding on the Sabbath.The Illinois State Register, Jan. 19, 1913, reports that "baseball is taking a wonderful hold" in Tasmania, quoting Charles C. Spink of the St. Louis family.For more see George Gmelch, "Baseball in Tasmania," NINE, Spring 2011, pp. 93-100.article in the [Hobart] "Tasmanian Colonial Times and Tasmanian" as grumbling how baseball was intruding on the Sabbath. The Illinois State Register, Jan. 19, 1913, reports that "baseball is taking a wonderful hold" in Tasmania, quoting Charles C. Spink of the St. Louis family. For more see George Gmelch, "Baseball in Tasmania," NINE, Spring 2011, pp. 93-100.)
Onota Club of Pittsfield + (Springfield Republican, Apr. 15, 1861)
Union Club of Chicopee + (Springfield Republican, Aug. 29, 1861)
Yankee Club of Holyoke + (Springfield Republican, Aug. 8, 1861 Worcester Massachusetts Spy, Aug. 1, 1860)
Glasgow Club of South Hadley + (Springfield Republican, July 25, 1860)
Lone Star Club of West Springfield + (Springfield Republican, July 25, 1860)
Farmers Club of Sixteen Acres + (Springfield Republican, June 15, 1860 The Worcester Massachusetts Spy, Oct. 31, 1860)
Club of North Brookfield + (Springfield Republican& … Springfield Republican, Oct. 5, 1858.The Barre Gazette, Oct. 1, 8, 1858 has more detail. It reports that North Brookfield defeated Hardwick, 69 to 41. Under the MA rules. Gives the names and tallies of the 15 players for North Brookfield.In 1858 North Brookfield evidently played "one out, all out, flying ball." They challenged a Barre club that played this variant game, but soon switched to MA rules baseball. See same, Oct. 1, 1858.is variant game, but soon switched to MA rules baseball. See same, Oct. 1, 1858.)
Club of Hardwick + (Springfield Republican& … Springfield Republican, Oct. 5, 1858,The Barre Gazette, Oct. 1, 8, 1858 has more detail. It reports that North Brookfield defeated Hardwick, 69 to 41. Under the MA rules. Gives the names and tallies of the 15 players for North Brookfield.Gives the names and tallies of the 15 players for North Brookfield.)
Lone Star Club of Mitteneaque + (Springfield Republican, Sept. 11, 1860)
Massasoit Club of Springfield + (Springfield Republican, Sept. 17, 1860)
Young Mechanics Club of Chicopee + (Springfield Republican, Sept. 19, 1861)
Metropolitan Club of Springfield + (Springfield Republican, Sept. 24, 1861)
Pioneer Jr. Club of Springfield + (Springfield Republican, Sept. 24, 1861)
Club of Hinsdale + (Springfield Republican, Sept. 5, 1860)
Club of Worthington + (Springfield Republican, Sept. 5, 1860)
Johnson Club of Chicopee + (Springfield Republican, Sept. 17, 1860 Worcester Massachusetts Spy, Aug. 1, 1860)
Phoenix Club of Holyoke + (Springfield Republican, Sept. 11, 1860 Worcester Massachusetts Spy, Aug. 1, 1860)
In Dhahran in 1948 + (Stars and Stripes</e … Stars and Stripes newspaper, Feb. 21, 1948, with the headline "Colony in the Desert," reports that American employees of Aramco Oil play baseball and golf in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.An American colony had worked here since the 1930s, and it is likely baseball was played here prior to 1948. the 1930s, and it is likely baseball was played here prior to 1948.)
Potter Palmer BBC Club of Chicago + (Sycamore True Republica … Sycamore True Republican, July 16, 1870, reports a game played July 5th at the Sycamore Fair Grounds, between the Crescents of Sycamore and the Potter Palmer BBC of Chicago. The Chicagoans were leading 30-27 after 7 innings, then stalked off the field after demanding (and not getting) a change of umpires.The team was formed in June of 1870 (See the Chicago Tribune, June 19, 1870) and named for Potter Palmer. Potter Palmer was a prominent Chicago businessman and baseball backer. But he doesn't apepar to have been the team's sponsor. See the Chicago Tribune July 23, 1870.to have been the team's sponsor. See the Chicago Tribune July 23, 1870.)
Club of Athens + (The Athens Republican, September 27, 1867 has an account of a baseball game played recently in that town. Athens TN (current pop. about 13,000) is about midway between Knoxville and Chattanooga in eastern TN.)
Dark Eagles Club of Glenham + (The Ball Players Chronicle, June 13, 1867)

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