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|Headline=Excelsior Base Ball Club Forms in Albany NY | |Headline=Excelsior Base Ball Club Forms in Albany NY | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Pre-modern Rules, | |||
|Country=USA | |||
|State=NY | |State=NY | ||
|City=Albany | |City=Albany | ||
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|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>"Albany Excelsior Base Ball Club This Club was organized May 12, 1856."</p> | |Text=<p>[A] "Albany Excelsior Base Ball Club This Club was organized May 12, 1856."</p> | ||
<p>[B] "The match game of Base Ball between the Empire and Excelsior Clubs, came off yesterday on the Cricket Grounds...Excelsior winning by 3."</p> | |||
<p> </p> | <p> </p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>Porter's Spirit of the Times</span><em>,</em> May 23, 1857. </p> | |Sources=<p><span>[A] Porter's Spirit of the Times</span><em>,</em> May 23, 1857. </p> | ||
|Comment=<p>It appears that the Empire Club of Albany had already existed at that time.</p> | <p>[B] <em>A</em><em>lbany Evening Journal </em>June 11, 1856</p> | ||
|Comment=<p>It appears that the Empire Club and the Athlete Club of Albany had already existed at that time. The Empire - Excelsior game cited was apparently not played according to the Knickerbocker rules.</p> | |||
|Submitted by=[B} and comment by Richard Hershberger | |||
|Submission Note=email of 6/28/2010 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Tags | Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules |
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City/State/Country: | Albany, NY, USA |
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Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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Text | [A] "Albany Excelsior Base Ball Club This Club was organized May 12, 1856." [B] "The match game of Base Ball between the Empire and Excelsior Clubs, came off yesterday on the Cricket Grounds...Excelsior winning by 3."
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Sources | [A] Porter's Spirit of the Times, May 23, 1857. [B] Albany Evening Journal June 11, 1856 |
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Comment | It appears that the Empire Club and the Athlete Club of Albany had already existed at that time. The Empire - Excelsior game cited was apparently not played according to the Knickerbocker rules. Edit with form to add a comment |
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Submitted by | [B} and comment by Richard Hershberger |
Submission Note | email of 6/28/2010 |
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