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<p>Camac's Woods had an "enclosure" and gates, and public events such as a picnic and balloon ascension were held there, with tickets being sold. See the Philadelphia Ledger, June 18, Aug. 19, 1859. It can be assumed that the 1860 baseball games played there were played within the enclosure. Query whether tickets were sold.</p>
<p>Camac's Woods had an "enclosure" and gates, and public events such as a picnic and balloon ascension were held there, with tickets being sold. See the Philadelphia Ledger, June 18, Aug. 19, 1859. It can be assumed that the 1860 baseball games played there were played within the enclosure. Query whether tickets were sold.</p>
<p>Casway says this was the first enclosed ballfield. While there was certainly a fence around it, the photo linked to below shows this was a low fence not intended to shut the public out.</p>
<p>Casway says this was the first enclosed ballfield. While there was certainly a fence around it, the photo linked to below shows this was a low fence not intended to shut the public out.</p>
<p>The Woods was used as a Union army camp ground and hospital during the war. By 1865 it had been turned into a housing development.</p>
|Sources=<p>Shiffert, "Base Ball in Philadelphia"</p>
|Sources=<p>Shiffert, "Base Ball in Philadelphia"</p>
<p>Jerrold Casway, "Locating Philadelphia's Historic Ballfields" at&nbsp;https://sabr.org/journal/article/locating-philadelphias-historic-ballfields/</p>
<p>Jerrold Casway, "Locating Philadelphia's Historic Ballfields" at&nbsp;https://sabr.org/journal/article/locating-philadelphias-historic-ballfields/</p>
|Comment=<p>The linked-to article giving the 12th and Berks/Montgomery location contradicts Shiffert's placing of the woods where the Athletics later played. Jerrold Casway's article in SABR 50 at 50 locates Camac's Woods at 12th and Montgomery.</p>
|Comment=<p>The linked-to article giving the 12th and Berks/Montgomery location contradicts Shiffert's placing of the woods where the Athletics later played. Jerrold Casway's article in SABR 50 at 50 locates Camac's Woods at 12th and Montgomery.</p>
<p>The New York <em>Clipper</em>, May 24, 1862, lists the home grounds of various Philadelphia clubs. The Olympic, Adriatic and Atlantic are based at Camac's.</p>
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Location Philadelphia, PA, United States
Modern Address 12th St. and Montgomery
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Shiffert, "Base Ball in Philadelphia" says the Olympic Club (1857) and later the Minerva used these grounds, and that they were at 17th and Columbia (now, Cecil b. Moore)--which is to the west of the 12th and Berks location given below.

The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 19, 1860, lists the city's BBCs and where they play. The Athletic and Olympic played at Camac's Woods.

For more on Camac Woods, see http://www.philaplace.org/story/759/ which says cricket was played there, and it was centered on modern 12th and Berks. A photo of it (showing a picket rail fence) is at https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A100589

Camac's Woods had an "enclosure" and gates, and public events such as a picnic and balloon ascension were held there, with tickets being sold. See the Philadelphia Ledger, June 18, Aug. 19, 1859. It can be assumed that the 1860 baseball games played there were played within the enclosure. Query whether tickets were sold.

Casway says this was the first enclosed ballfield. While there was certainly a fence around it, the photo linked to below shows this was a low fence not intended to shut the public out.

The Woods was used as a Union army camp ground and hospital during the war. By 1865 it had been turned into a housing development.

Sources

Shiffert, "Base Ball in Philadelphia"

Jerrold Casway, "Locating Philadelphia's Historic Ballfields" at https://sabr.org/journal/article/locating-philadelphias-historic-ballfields/

Comment

The linked-to article giving the 12th and Berks/Montgomery location contradicts Shiffert's placing of the woods where the Athletics later played. Jerrold Casway's article in SABR 50 at 50 locates Camac's Woods at 12th and Montgomery.

The New York Clipper, May 24, 1862, lists the home grounds of various Philadelphia clubs. The Olympic, Adriatic and Atlantic are based at Camac's.

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Athletic Club of Philadelphia 1860
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Ballgame 1860-07-24 Philadelphia PA Olympic Club of Philadelphia St. George’s Cricket Club of Philadelphia 25 - 17 Craig Waff
Ballgame 1860-09-24 Philadelphia PA Excelsior Club of Brooklyn Philadelphia picked nine 15 - 4 Craig Waff
Ballgame 1860-11-12 Philadelphia PA Equity Club of Philadelphia Athletic Club of Philadelphia 29 - 17 Craig Waff
Ballgame 1860-11-17 Philadelphia PA Minerva Base Ball Club of Philadelphia Leola Club of Philadelphia Craig Waff
Ballgame 1861-05-23 Philadelphia PA Picked Nine Picked Nine Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1861-07-04 Philadelphia PA Picked Nine Picked Nine Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1861-10-12 Philadelphia PA Olympic Club of Philadelphia Adriatic Club of Philadelphia 25 - 17 Craig Waff
Ballgame 1862-04-24 Philadelphia PA Athletic Club of Philadelphia Athletic Club of Philadelphia Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1862-05-26 Philadelphia PA Keystone Club of Philadelphia Adriatic Club of Philadelphia Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1862-06-20 Philadelphia PA Adriatic Club of Philadelphia Keystone Club of Philadelphia 41 - 18 Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1862-07-01 Philadelphia PA Picked Philadelphia Nine Picked Brooklyn Nine 16 - 10 Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1862-07-01 Philadelphia PA Philadelphia Picked nine Brooklyn Picked nine 22 - 9 Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1862-07-03 Philadelphia PA Philadelphia Picked nine Brooklyn Picked nine 41 - 5 Bob Tholkes
Ballgame 1862-07-17 Philadelphia PA Keystone Club of Philadelphia Adriatic Club of Philadelphia Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1862-08-28 Philadelphia PA Athletic Club of Philadelphia Mutual Club of New York 17 - 10 Craig Waff
Ballgame 1862-10-04 Philadelphia PA Olympic Club of Philadelphia Athletic Club of Philadelphia 19 - 18 Craig Waff
Ballgame 1862-10-21 Philadelphia PA Amalgamated Nine of Philadelphia Eckford Club of Brooklyn 8 - 39 Eric Miklich
Ballgame 1862-10-23 Philadelphia PA Athletic Club of Philadelphia Eckford Club of Brooklyn 25 - 32 Eric Miklich
Ballgame 1862-10-30 Philadelphia PA Athletic Club of Philadelphia Nassau Club of Princeton Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1862-10-31 Philadelphia PA Athletic Club of Philadelphia Olympic Club of Philadelphia 19 - 10 Craig Waff
Ballgame 1862-11-05 Philadelphia PA Minerva Base Ball Club of Philadelphia Athletic Club of Philadelphia 11 - 25 Bob Tholkes

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