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1858.16 + (Jersey City Items," New York Times, June 1, 1858, page 8.)
Independent Club of Chester, NJ + (Jerseyman, 10/16/1869)
Monitor Club of Morristown + (Jerseyman, 6/14/1862)
Independent Club of Orange + (Jerseyman, 6/23/1866)
Young America Club of Morristown + (Jerseyman, 6/23/1866)
Independent Club of Rockaway + (Jerseyman, 8/13/1870)
Washington Club of Morristown + (Jerseyman, 8/21/1869)
Cable Club of Dover + (Jerseyman, 9/17/1870)
Teams from the army garrison in 1865 + (Jesse Ziegler, Wave of the Gulf (San Antonio, 1938), p. 183)
1830s.20 + (Jessie Pearl Rice, Jessie Pearl Rice, J. L. M. Curry: Southerner, Statesman, and Educator (King's Crown Press, New York, 1949), pages 6-7. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), pages 31-32.The full text of the Rice biography is unavailable via Google Books as of 11/15/2008. aphy is unavailable via Google Books as of 11/15/2008. )
Club of Dodgeville + (Jim Carter's "Lafayette County Baseball")
1000c.1 + (Johan Grundt Tanum Forlag, "The S … Johan Grundt Tanum Forlag, "The Saga of the Greenlanders; Eirik the Red Takes Land in Iceland," Vinland the Good: The Saga of Leif Eiricsson and the Viking Discovery of America (Oslo, 1970), page 39.very of America (Oslo, 1970), page 39.)
1850s.40 + (John Back McMaster, quoted in "Yo … John Back McMaster, quoted in "Young John Bach McMaster: A Boyhood in New York City," New York History, volume 20, number 3, (July 1939), pp. 320-321. Noted in Originals. v.4, n.11 (November 2011), page 2.t;Originals. v.4, n.11 (November 2011), page 2.)
1850s.25 + (John Corrigan, "The Anxiety of Bo … John Corrigan, "The Anxiety of Boston at Mid-Century," in Business of the Heart: Religion and Emotion in the Nineteenth Century (University of California Press, 2002), page 44. Accessed 11/15/2008 via Google Books search ("business of the heart"). Corrigan's source, supplied 10/31/09 by Joshua Fleer, is William Gray Brooks, "Diary, May 1, 1858."hua Fleer, is William Gray Brooks, "Diary, May 1, 1858.")
1820s.34 + (John D. Wright, John D. Wright, Transylvania: Tutor to the West (Lexington KY, 1975), p. 95. This material is footnoted to Albea Godbold, The Church College in the South (Durham, 1944), page 102 [not inspected by Protoball as of 2020]. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 33., Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 33.)
San Francisco Base Ball Club v Red Rover Base Ball Club of San Francisco on 22 February 1860 + (John E. Spalding, John E. Spalding, Always on Sunday: The California Baseball League, 1886-1915 (Ag Press, Manhattan KS, 1992).Kevin Nelson, The Golden Game: The Story of California Baseball (California Historical Society Press, San Francisco, 2004), page 10.William F. McNeil, The California Winter League (McFarland, 2002), page 9.California Spirit of the Times, February 22, 1860. NY Mercury, March 18, 1860; Dec. 30, 1860.The NY Mercury, March 18, 1860, notes this game. The Mercury, Dec. 30, 1860, labels this Feb. 22 game the first game ever played in CA. [BA] 18, 1860, notes this game. The Mercury, Dec. 30, 1860, labels this Feb. 22 game the first game ever played in CA. [BA] )
-2600c.1 + (John Fox, The Ball: Discovering the Object of the Game (Harper Perennial, 2012), page 36. For the later Asian game, see https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-ancient-balls-xinjiang.)
1852.13 + (John Freyer and Mark Rucker, Peverelly's National Game (Arcadia, 2005), page 21; A reprint of Charles Peverelly, American Pastimes, 1866.)
1790s.11 + (John Hamilton, "Some Reminiscences of Wilm't'n and My Youthful Days," Delaware History, v.1 no. 2 (July 1946), page 91.)
1861.13 + (John Husman, "Ohio's First Baseball Game," Presented at the SABR Convention, July 16, 2004, page 5.)
1780.10 + (John King Lord, John King Lord, A History of Dartmouth College 1815-1909 (Rumford Press, Concord NH, 1913), page 593. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 35 and refs #38 through 40. See also Chron entry #[[1771.1]].[[1771.1]].)
1859.24 + (John Lester, John Lester, A Century of Philadelphia Cricket [UPenn Press, Philadelphia, 1951], page 8.This game is also covered in Norton, Frederick C., "That Strange Yankee Game, Wicket," Bristol Connecticut (City Printing Co., Hartford, 1907), pages 295-296. Available via Google Books: try search: "'Monday, July 18, 1859' Bristol."See also Larry McCray, "State Championship Wicket Game in Connecticut: A Hearty Hurrah for a Doomed Pastime," Base Ball Journal, Volume 5, number 1 (Special Issue on Origins), pages 132-135.ation: underline;">Base Ball Journal, Volume 5, number 1 (Special Issue on Origins), pages 132-135.)
1850s.3 + (John Lester, ed., A Century of Cricket in Philadelphia [University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 1951], page 23.)
1859.13 + (John Lester, A Century of Philadelphia Cricket, UPenn Press, Philadelphia, 1951), pages 19-21. Facsimile of Clipper coverage of the Philadelphia match contributed by Gregory Christiano, 2009.)
1860.33 + (John M. Kovach, From Goosepasture to Greenstockings: South Bend Baseball 1860 - 1890 (Greenstocking Press, South Bend, 1985), pages 4-6. (no ref. given). Accessed at the Giamatti Center at the Hall of Fame.)

Catch a Fly + (John Pastier, email of February 12, 2009.)

1854.4 + (John Thorn posting to 19CBB listserve group, July 5, 2004, 1:39 PM.)
1845.29 + (John Thorn supplies this online s … John Thorn supplies this online source for the book:<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TOtdAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP11&dq=Jongens!+Wat+zal+er+gespeeld+worden?&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjW1NKtqtDPAhVGPT4KHVrJBf8Q6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q&f=false">https://books.google.com/books?id=TOtdAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP11&dq=Jongens!+Wat+zal+er+gespeeld+worden?&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjW1NKtqtDPAhVGPT4KHVrJBf8Q6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q&f=false</a>The book is: Jongens! Wat zal er gespeeld worden?: handboekje voor knapen bij hunne, (Leeuwarden, G.T.E. Suringar, 1845). The author is not specified. p> )
George Wright2 + (John Thorn's article on Wright, one of his favorite players, is at https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/who-was-george-wright-ad5d9ab06501 )
1853.10 + (John Thorn, "Pots and Pans and Ba … John Thorn, "Pots and Pans and Bats and Balls," posted January 23, 2008 at<a href="http://thornpricks.blogspot.com/2008/01/pots-pans-and-bats-balls.html">http://thornpricks.blogspot.com/2008/01/pots-pans-and-bats-balls.html</a>See also Turkin and Thompson, The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball (Doubleday, 1979), page 585.he Official Encyclopedia of Baseball (Doubleday, 1979), page 585.)
1853.16 + (John Thorn, "Pots and Pans and Bats and Balls," posted January 23, 2008 at <a href="http://thornpricks.blogspot.com/2008/01/pots-pans-and-bats-balls.html">http://thornpricks.blogspot.com/2008/01/pots-pans-and-bats-balls.html</a>)
The First Base Ball Reporters - Cauldwell, Bray, Chadwick + (John Thorn, "Pots and Pans and Ba … John Thorn, "Pots and Pans and Bats and Balls," posted January 23, 2008 at<a href="http://thornpricks.blogspot.com/2008/01/pots-pans-and-bats-balls.html">http://thornpricks.blogspot.com/2008/01/pots-pans-and-bats-balls.html</a>See also Turkin and Thompson, The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball (Doubleday, 1979), page 585.l Encyclopedia of Baseball (Doubleday, 1979), page 585.)
1867.3 + (John Thorn, "The Most Important Game in Baseball History?-- Rockford vs. Washington", in Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pp. 55-57)
1865.25 + (John Thorn, John Thorn, Baseball in the Garden of Eden (Simon and Schuster, 2011), page 127. The book includes [pp. 128-129] the written confession of the youngest plotter, Tom Devyr, whom the Mutuals reinstated the following year. See also Philip Dixon, "The First Fixed Game-- Eckfords vs. Mutuals", in Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pp.46-48.st Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pp.46-48.)
1844.20 + (John Thorn, FB Posting, 3/1/2022. [Right-side image, below] The announcement of the event appears in the New York Herald on February 8, 1844.)
1876.1 + (John Thorn, History Awakens: February 2, 1876 and the Founding of the National League: An Amazing New Discovery. https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/history-awakens-february-2-1876-and-the-founding-of-the-national-league-ab2ef2dae954)
1821.9 + (John Thorn, email of 1/18/2023. The clip shown below is from the ''Post, ''9/7/1821.)
1818c.5 + (John Woods, John Woods, Two Years Residence on the Settlement of the English Prairie, in the Illinois Country (Longman & Co., London, 1822), pp. 148 and 295-296.See also: Thomas L. Altherr, “Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games, Base Ball, v. 2, no. 1 (Spring 2008), pages 32-33. Note: Tom's account includes the same quotes, but attributes them to the British lawyer Adlard Welby, and sets them in 1820.ut attributes them to the British lawyer Adlard Welby, and sets them in 1820.)
The Beginning of Match Play Among Organized Clubs + (John Zinn, "Match Play: Knickerbo … John Zinn, "Match Play: Knickerbockers of New York vs. Washington of New York," in Bill Felber, ed.,Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pages 8-9. This is game #4 of the SABR 19th Century Committee's top 100 games of the 1800s.See Chronology item #[[1851.9]] [1851.9]] )
1851.9 + (John Zinn, "Match Play: Knickerbo … John Zinn, "Match Play: Knickerbockers of New York vs. Washington of New York," in Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pages 8-9. mes of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pages 8-9. )
East Newark + (John Zinn)
Club of Newark Grounds + (John Zinn)
Neptune Junior Club of Phillipsburg + (John Zinn)
1867.30 + (John Thorn, FB Posting, 11/21/2023)
Block:English Baseball in London in 1875 + (Jolly Games for Happy Homes, by Georgiana C. Clark, London, 1875 (est.), Dean & Son., pp. 110, 247-248)
1815.8 + (Joseph Bates, Joseph Bates, The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates (Battle Creek, 1868), pp. 51-52, per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 39.t;/em>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 39.)
In Halifax on 1 July 1841 + (Joseph Howe, The Nova Scotian, July 1, 1841, p. 203.)
790c.1 + (Joseph Strutt, Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: From the Earliest Period, Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Pageants, Processions and Pompous Spectacles (London: Methuen & Co., 1801), p. 91.ssions and Pompous Spectacles (London: Methuen & Co., 1801), p. 91.)
640s.1 + (Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England (Chatto and Windus, London, 1898 edition), p. 158.)
Tip-Cat + (Joseph Strutt, The Spor … Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England—a New Edition, Much Enlarged and Corrected by J. Charles Fox (????? (Reissued by Singing Tree Press, Detroit, 1968), 1903)., pages 109-110The Boy's Handy Book., page 14.Aspin, "Ancient Customs, Sports, and Pastimes of the English" (1832) p. 225Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1. pages 294-295.Dick, ed., Dick and Fitzgerald, the American Boys Book of Sports and Games: A Practical Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Amusements (Lyons Press Reprint, 2000). Originally Published in 1864., pages 117-118.D. C. Beard, The American Boy’s Book of Sport (Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1896), page 332.H. D. Richardson, Holiday Sports and Pastimes for Boys, (Wm S. Orr, London, 1848), pages 63-64.em> Sports and Pastimes for Boys, (Wm S. Orr, London, 1848), pages 63-64.)
1850s.50 + (Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary (Henry Frowd, London, 1905), page 277. Part or all of this entry appears to credit Burne's Folklore (1883) as its source.)

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