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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1840 | |||
|Year Number=6 | |||
|Headline=New NY Club Forms - Later to Reconstitute as Eagle Base Ball Club | |Headline=New NY Club Forms - Later to Reconstitute as Eagle Base Ball Club | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Pre-Knicks NYC, | |||
|Country=US | |||
|State=NY | |||
|City=NYC | |||
|Game=Base Ball | |Game=Base Ball | ||
| | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p> | |Text=<p>[A] In 1840, the Eagle Ball Club of New York is organized to play an unknown game of Ball; in 1852 the club reconstitutes itself as the Eagle Base Ball Club and begins to play the New York Game.</p> | ||
<p> | <p>[B] William Wood wrote that the Eagle Club "originally played in the 'old-fashioned way' of throwing the ball to the batter and at the runner in order to put him out."</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>[A] Eagle Base Ball Club Constitution of 1852.</p> | |||
<p>[B] See Thorn weblog of 7/16/2005. William Wood, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Manual of Physical Exercises</span><em>.</em> [Harper Bros., 1867], pp. 189-90.</p> | |||
<p> </p> | |||
|Submitted by=John Thorn | |||
|Submission Note=Email of 6/15/2004 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
}} | }} |
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New NY Club Forms - Later to Reconstitute as Eagle Base Ball Club
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Tags | Pre-Knicks NYCPre-Knicks NYC |
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City/State/Country: | NYC, NY, US |
Modern Address | |
Game | Base BallBase Ball |
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Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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Text | [A] In 1840, the Eagle Ball Club of New York is organized to play an unknown game of Ball; in 1852 the club reconstitutes itself as the Eagle Base Ball Club and begins to play the New York Game. [B] William Wood wrote that the Eagle Club "originally played in the 'old-fashioned way' of throwing the ball to the batter and at the runner in order to put him out." |
Sources | [A] Eagle Base Ball Club Constitution of 1852. [B] See Thorn weblog of 7/16/2005. William Wood, Manual of Physical Exercises. [Harper Bros., 1867], pp. 189-90.
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Submitted by | John Thorn |
Submission Note | Email of 6/15/2004 |
Has Supplemental Text |
1840.6 New NY Club Forms - Later to Reconstitute as Eagle Base Ball Club"
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