Yale Class of 1861 Club of New Haven

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Nick Name	Yale Class of 1861
Earliest Known Date	Saturday, October 29, 1859
Last Known Game
Location	New Haven, CT, United States
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Nine Class
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Description	Yale (junior class) 47 “62” (sophomore class) 25 (WSOT: “The honor of introducing this manly game into the number of college sports at Yale, belongs to the Junior Class.  At the beginning of the present term, a Club numbering twenty-five members was organized in this class under the name of the Yale Base Ball Club.  Soon after, this example was followed in the organization of the “62” Base Ball Club, by the Sophomore Class.  A challenge sent by the first nine of the latter Club to the first nine of the former was accepted.  WSOT 11-5-59 Item A. "Base ball clubs were started in College a little over a year ago, and during all last fall the game was played, by the Sophomore and Junior classes, with a perfect vengeance. With the former, every afternoon, week in and week out, from the beginning of the first term, down to Thanksgiving, used to find the ball-ground pretty plentifully sprinkled with players and students, till about five minutes to four, when, suddenly, the field would be vacant." Item B. "The honor of starting the first Base-Ball Club at Yale belongs to a member of Sixty-one – the member from Chittenango [NY]. During the first year (Junior) of the existence of the Club, the game was practiced with zeal and success – almost to the exclusion of boating. The subsequent year brought less favor. Fifty-two of the Class attached themselves to the first Base-Ball Club."
Sources	WSOT Nov. 5, 1859
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Found by	Craig Waff
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1859-10-29	New Haven		CT	Yale Class of 1861 Club of New Haven	Yale Class of 1862 Club of New Haven	47 - 25		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-02	New Haven		CT	Yale Class of 1861 Club of New Haven	Yale Class of 1862 Club of New Haven	1 - 25		Bruce Allardice

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