1854.10

Ball Played at Hobart College, Geneva NY

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	CollegeCollege
Location	New York StateNew York State
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Age of Players	YouthYouth
Holiday
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Text	"Baseball in Geneva began, at least on an organized basis, in 1860. Informal games had taken place at Hobart College as early as 1854, and at the nearby Walnut Hill School . . . the boys were organized into teams in 1856 or 1857."
Sources	Minor Myers, Jr., and Dorothy Ebersole, Baseball in Geneva: Notes to Accompany An Exhibition at the Prout Chew Museum, May 20 to September 17, 1988 [Geneva Historical Society, Geneva, 1988], page 1.
Warning	Note: This brochure seems to imply implies that New York rules governed this game, but does not say so.
Comment	Geneva NY is about 45 miles east of Rochester NY and about 55 miles west of Syracuse, and at the northern end of Seneca Lake. We don't know where Walnut Hill School was. Edit with form to add a comment
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Submitted by	Priscilla Astifan
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