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- 14:05, 8 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Round or base ball in Barre in 1848#comment-499 - The Boston Post, June 5, 1848: "In Barre, the anniversary of the organization of the government was celebrated by a game of ball--round or base, we suppose--twelve on a side. It took four hours to p...)
- 18:57, 3 February 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Excelsior Club of Montreal#comment-498 - By 1865 baseball had become so popular in Montreal that an ordinance was passed forbidding games in city parks as a menace to other users. [Thorn, Our Game blog,1-28-2020])
- 06:21, 3 January 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Neptune Base Ball Club of Lena#comment-497 - In 1888 Lena had the Oriental and Enterprise clubs, which played on July 4 in Stockton. See Stockton Herald, July 6, 1888.)
- 04:23, 16 October 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pottawattomie Club of Council Bluffs#comment-496 - "Baseball: The Story of Iowa's Early Innings," Annals of Iowa (1941) 625-654 reports that baseball was played in Council Bluffs in 1866.)
- 04:21, 16 October 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Davenport#comment-495 - The Annals of Iowa (1941) article on early Iowa baseball identifies this club as the "Pastime Base Ball Club No. 2.")
- 05:06, 28 September 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (El Caracas Base Ball Club on 23 May 1895#comment-494 - The Jamail book notes that Caracas newspapers reported baseball playing as early as Feb. 1895.)
- 05:01, 28 September 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (El Caracas Base Ball Club on 23 May 1895#comment-493 - There are, once again, arguments about the origins of Venezuelan baseball, with a study from the University of Florida saying that students brought it back from America in 1895 after going to A...)
- 08:32, 15 September 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Olympic Club of Boston v Aurora Ball Club of Boston in 1853#comment-492 - See Olympic entry, for a prior (July 1853) intersquad game.)
- 08:30, 15 September 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Aurora Ball Club of Boston#comment-491 - See Olympic Club entry.)
- 04:18, 9 September 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Natives v Foreigners in Honolulu on 4 July 1866#comment-490 - This may be the first recorded game between teams of different races, predating inter-racial games in the U.S. involving African-Americans.)
- 06:27, 20 July 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in Japan in 1872#comment-489 - A Japanese touring company troupe played baseball in the US in 1872. See https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/07/c8bd473c856b-baseball-researcher-finds-earliest-recorded-game-involving-japanese.html)
- 07:57, 13 July 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Excelsior Base Ball Club of Pana#comment-488 - For more on early Pana baseball, see the Decatur Daily Review, July 17, 1921, the source for the Morris book quote.)
- 07:24, 5 July 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In La Porte in 1858#comment-487 - Check "predecessor games" for an 1851 San Francisco game that may have been played under the NY rules.)
- 07:23, 5 July 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In San Francisco on 10 November 1858#comment-486 - Check "predecessor games" for a Feb. 1851 game in San Francisco that may have been played under the then-existing NY rules.)
- 09:46, 12 June 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1863.57#comment-484 - This was written from Thunderbolt Battery.)
- 05:19, 5 June 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Lookout Club of Chattanooga#comment-483 - The Chattanooga Daily American Union, March 3, 1866, gives a box score of a game played yesterday between two sides of the Lookout. The same article calls the Lookout "The Champion Base Ball Club of the Sou...)
- 16:15, 17 May 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In Honolulu in 1840#comment-482 - See also Feb. 10, 1869 entry for base ball games. The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Sept. 8, 1859 reports that "Bat and Ball ... is being introduced among the natives and bids fair to become a favorite game.")
- 09:59, 17 May 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Empires Club of Fort Wayne#comment-481 - The New York Clipper, June 6, 1868, prints the box score of an inter-squad game of the Empire Club of Concordia College, Fort Wayne.)
- 07:25, 21 April 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Base Ball Club of Ottawa#comment-480 - The Toronto Irish Canadian, Aug. 19, 1874 reports that at the Grand Union Picnic held in Ottawa Aug. 7, the Ottawa's defeated the Union's 33-12.)
- 13:26, 19 March 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1869.14#comment-479 - There was an Asian-White interracial game in Honolulu in 1867. See Protoball, and my article in the Our Game blog.)
- 13:25, 19 March 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1869.3#comment-478 - The earliest provable inter-racial ballgame was in Hawaii. See my article in the OurGame blog, and the posting for Honolulu in protoball.)
- 14:11, 24 January 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Nigeria#comment-477 - A Nigeria team played baseball in the All Africa games in 1999.)
- 14:10, 24 January 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In Uganda in 1999#comment-476 - A Uganda team played baseball in the All Africa games in 1999.)
- 14:09, 24 January 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (US Army v Pan Am employees in 1942#comment-475 - A Ghana team played baseball in the All Africa games in 1999.)
- 13:34, 8 January 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1867.17#comment-474 - See my article on this game, and the teams, at https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-first-multiracial-ballgame-32ea57419a1d)
- 13:32, 8 January 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pacific Club of Honolulu v Pioneer Club of Honolulu on 24 August 1867#comment-473 - See my article on this game, and the teams, at https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-first-multiracial-ballgame-32ea57419a1d)
- 10:01, 28 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In Spanish Point on 11 July 1883undefined#comment-472 - It is unclear exactly what this game was. Rounders?)
- 07:37, 26 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Empire Club of New Orleans v Louisiana Club of New Orleans on 14 September 1859#comment-471 - The umpire of this game was James F. Otis (born Tristam Coffin Otis, 1808-67), a poet who had been drama/music critic for Porter's "Spirit of the Times" a...)
- 07:30, 26 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Louisiana Club of New Orleans#comment-470 - The New Orleans Times Picayune, Aug. 14, 1859 printed an extensive article on the history of base ball, cricket and wicket.)
- 09:50, 22 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pioneer Club of Honolulu#comment-469 - Add to the 1867 roster James H. Black (1830-1910), newspaper editor and Civil War veteran, who is said to have introduced the NY game to the islands (see 7-4-66 and 8-24-67 game entries).)
- 09:47, 22 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pacific Club of Honolulu#comment-468 - William Saffery Wond (1841-1932), later clerk of the local court, married the daughter of Privy Counciler Jonah Piikoi (1804-59).)
- 08:51, 22 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pioneer Club of Honolulu#comment-467 - Add to the 1867 roster Frederick W. Wunderberg (1850-1918), Hawaii's Postmaster General 1886-91, whose father was the royal registrar of accounts.)
- 08:49, 22 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pacific Club of Honolulu#comment-466 - The Pioneer Club in 1867 included, in addition to the three Polyneian Hawaiians listed above, a number of members of prominent HI families, several being "half-caste." Charles T. Gulick (1841-97), of a promine...)
- 07:22, 22 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pioneer Club of Honolulu#comment-465 - Add to the roster of the 1867 Pioneer club 1st baseman Edward Creamor MacFarlane (1848-1902), a wealthy publisher, rancher and hotel owner who in 1892 was appointed prime minister of Hawaii by the queen.)
- 07:39, 21 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pioneer Club of Honolulu#comment-464 - The Pioneer Club 1867 roster reads like a who's who of pioneer Anglo-Hawaiian families. It was captained in 1867 by Alan Wilkes Judd (1840-75), son of Gerrit P. Judd, cabinet minister and diplomat. Among the p...)
- 08:14, 20 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1867.17#comment-463 - A J. Nakookoo was a member of the 1882 Hawaiian legislature. Same man as the ballplayer of 1867?)
- 05:43, 20 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1855c.10#comment-462 - The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, March 29, 1860, announces the formation of a wicket club in Honolulu: "A wicket club has been organized among the young men of this city and students of Punahou College.")
- 07:25, 4 November 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Trap Ball#comment-461 - "Dyde's Military Grounds" appears to be the City Hall Park that exists today, at Broadway and Ann. At the time, it had been used as a military parade ground. Dyde's London Hotel was adjacent to the park, as was the Park Thea...)
- 07:04, 4 November 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Trap Ball#comment-460 - The first American mention I've found is in the New York Evening Post, Sept. 13, 1811, which reports that Sept. 14th "the game of English trap ball, fully as amusing as cricket, and the exercise not so violent" will be playe...)
- 07:00, 4 November 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Trap Ball#comment-459 - Trap Ball is mentioned in the London, England, Public Advertiser, Nov. 15, 1766, May 14 and July 28, 1767.)
- 05:00, 23 October 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Independent Base Ball Club of Plattsburgh#comment-458 - The Army and Navy Journal, Sept. 21, 1872, reports that the United BBC of the local army garrison recently played the Relief BBC and Young America BBC of Plattsburgh.)
- 04:58, 23 October 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Students at U of So. Carolina Club of Columbia#comment-457 - See Green, "History of the University of South Carolina" p. 405 which is the source of these quotes. The Green book has more on this club.)
- 05:19, 12 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Excelsior Club of Philadelphia v Camden Club of Philadelphia on 9 July 1860#comment-456 - The NYC called the two teams Philadelphia clubs, but query if the Camden was from neighboring Camden, NJ.)
- 05:57, 10 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Young Canadians Club of Woodstock v Rough and Ready Club of Ingersoll on 25 July 1860#comment-455 - The New York Clipper, Aug. 4, 1860 reports on an earlier match of these two teams, gives a box score, and explains that Canadian rules differ from t...)
- 12:46, 7 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Barton v West Flamboro’ in Canada on 5 September 1862#comment-454 - PSOT 9-20-62.)
- 12:46, 7 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Young Canadian v Maple Leaf on 7 August 1862#comment-453 - BE 8-23-62.)
- 12:45, 7 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Maple Leaf Club of Hamilton v Barton on 5 August 1862#comment-452 - NYSM 8-23-62.)
- 12:44, 7 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Young Canadian Club of Woodstock v Maple Leaf Club of Hamilton on 3 September 1861#comment-451 - PSOT Sept. 21, 1861)
- 12:43, 7 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Mechanics Club of Port Hope v Live Oak Club of Bowmanville on 6 August 1861#comment-450 - Porter's Spirit of the Times, Aug. 24, 1861.)
- 12:42, 7 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Maple Leaf Club of Hamilton v Burlington Club of Hamilton on 30 July 1861#comment-449 - Brooklyn Eagle, Aug. 17, 1861)