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|Year=1856
|Year=1856
|Year Number=32
|Year Number=32
|Headline=Hind Catcher
|Headline=Empire Club Fields Two Catchers at Elysian Fields
|Salience=3
|Salience=3
|Tags=Base Ball Stratagems,
|Location=Greater New York City
|Location=Greater New York City,
|Country=United States
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=40.7127837, -74.0059413
|State=NY
|State=NY
|City=NYC
|City=NYC
|Game=Base Ball,
|Game=Base Ball
|Age of Players=Adult
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p><span>On August 30, 1856 the Knickerbocker and Empire clubs played to a 21-21 tie</span><br /><span>in eight innings in a match at the Elysian Fields. While the Knicks</span><br /><span>positioned themselves as a conventional nine--three "fielders," one</span><br /><span>"behind," three basemen, a shortstop (the inventor Adams himself), and a</span><br /><span>pitcher, their opponents elected to use no shortstop and TWO men playing</span><br /><span>"behind."</span></p>
|Text=<p><span>On August 30, 1856 the Knickerbocker and Empire clubs played to a 21-21 tie</span><br /><span>in eight innings in a match at the Elysian Fields. While the Knicks</span><br /><span>positioned themselves as a conventional nine--three "fielders," one</span><br /><span>"behind," three basemen, a shortstop (the inventor Adams himself), and a</span><br /><span>pitcher, their opponents elected to use no shortstop and TWO men playing</span><br /><span>"behind."</span></p>
|Sources=<p>source not referenced</p>
|Sources=<p>source not referenced</p>
|Query=<p>Was this taken from the Knickerbocker game accounts?</p>
|Submitted by=John Thorn Email 10/25/2002
|Submitted by=John Thorn Email 10/25/2002
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Coordinates=40.7127837, -74.0059413
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On August 30, 1856 the Knickerbocker and Empire clubs played to a 21-21 tie
in eight innings in a match at the Elysian Fields. While the Knicks
positioned themselves as a conventional nine--three "fielders," one
"behind," three basemen, a shortstop (the inventor Adams himself), and a
pitcher, their opponents elected to use no shortstop and TWO men playing
"behind."

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Submitted by John Thorn Email 10/25/2002



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