1848.20

Knicks Begin the Year's Play Days at Hoboken, Cricket Club Chooses Manhattan.

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags
Location	Elysian Fields, Hoboken NJElysian Fields, Hoboken NJ
City/State/Country:	Hoboken, NJ, United States
Modern Address
Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
Holiday
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Text	"The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club opened the season last Thursday, at its ground in the Elysian Fields in Hoboken last Thursday. Its play days have been changed from Tuesday and Friday to Monday and Thursday of each week. The St. George's Cricket Club will open the season on the 28th, with a day's play, on its ground at the Red House, on Third Avenue [Manhattan]."
Sources	New York Sunday Mercury, April 9, 1848.
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Comment	"This is actually quite interesting, as any notice from the press is very rare at that time." --Richard Hershberger, 4/12/2021. Edit with form to add a comment
Query	1848 was the year (see Baseball in the Garden of Eden, p. 35) that the Knickerbockers set out to re-consider their rules. Did they address playing rules, or just operational ones? Do we know what changes emanated? Edit with form to add a query
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Submitted by	John Thorn
Submission Note	Email of 4/12/2021
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