Young Canadians Club of Hamilton

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Nick Name	Young Canadians
Earliest Known Date	1854
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Location	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	From William Humber's "Early Baseball in Canada" manuscript, 9/14/12: The earliest formal baseball organization in Canada appears to be the Hamilton Young Canadians (later Maple Leafs) established in April 1854, playing on grounds between Bond Street (today’s Park Street) and Bowry (today’s Bay Street South) near the site of the newly built Central School. The team as described in the city’s directory of 1862-63 indicates that William Shuttleworth was President. Born in either 1833 or 1834 he is listed in census records as a salesman and owned a dry goods business until retiring in 1883. He later moved to Geneva, New York to live with his son James, and died there in 1903. James listed in the 1881 census as William’s 10 year old son was no doubt named after William’s late brother Jim, a fellow baseball enthusiast, who according to Bryan D. Palmer in Culture in Conflict had died in 1869 and was paraded to his grave site by his fellow shoemakers and other working-class men.
Sources	Humber, "Early Baseball in Canada"
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Comment	Hamilton had 26,000 residents in 1871. Bill Humber's presentation at the 2021 Frederick Ivor-Campbell Conference included his analysis of baseball players on Canadian clubs 1854-73. He concluded that the players were NOT US transplants, but rather Canadian born or raised. This argues for the indigenous growth of baseball in Canada. Prior to 1860, Protoball has found 6 clubs in Canada (as of 4/21/21), compared to 660 in the United States. Canada had 3.1 million residents at this time, 1/10th the US population of 31.4 million. Hamilton Semi-Weekly Spectator, May 15, 1858 reports on the election of officers of this club. Edit with form to add a comment
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Found by	Bill Humber
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Ontario, Canada
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1858	1 Played	0 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied
1860	4 Played	0 Won	4 Lost	0 Tied

Ballgames

Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1858-08-18	Hamilton		Ontario	Young Canadians Club of Hamilton	Club of Burlington			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1860-08-30	Hamilton		Ontario	Niagara Club of Buffalo	Young Canadians Club of Hamilton	87 - 13
Ballgame	1860-08-30	Hamilton		Ontario	Niagara Club of Buffalo	Young Canadians Club of Hamilton	87 - 13		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-09-28	Buffalo		NY	Niagara Club of Buffalo	Young Canadians Club of Hamilton	46 - 15		Craig Waff

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