Edit Other First: The Beginning of Match Play Among Organized Clubs

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Description:	<p>In what appears to be the first game played&nbsp;between organized base ball clubs, the Knickerbocker Club outscored the Washington Club, 21-11, at the Red House grounds on June 3, 1851.&nbsp; They played again two weeks later.</p>
Sources:	<p>John Zinn, "Match Play: Knickerbockers of New York vs. Washington of New York," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">i</span>n Bill Felber, ed.,<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century</span> (SABR, 2013), pages 8-9.&nbsp; This is game #4 of the SABR 19th Century Committee's top 100 games of the 1800s.</p> <p>See Chronology item #[[1851.9]]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
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