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{{Chronology Entry
|Headline=Club Forms at Princeton
|Year=1859
|Year=1859
|Year Number=17
|Headline=Club Forms at College of New Jersey
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Tags=College,
|Location=New Jersey,
|Country=United States
|State=NJ
|City=Princeton
|Game=Base Ball,
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective
|Age of Players=Youth
|Text=<p>"The Nassau Base Ball Club is organized on the Princeton campus by members of the class of 1862"</p>
|Text=<p>"The Nassau Base Ball Club is organized on the Princeton campus by members of the class of 1862"</p>
<p>March 14, 1859, no citation given, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.baseballlibrary.com/">http://www.baseballlibrary.com/</a> [go to chronology for the year 1859]. <b>Note: </b> Some source say the Princeton's entry occurred in 1858.  One example:  "Baseball was introduced into the American college from the general community.  The first regular nine was formed at Princeton in 1858.  Yale and Amherst organized teams in the following year."  C. F. Thwing, <u>A History of Higher Education in America</u> (D. Appleton and Co., New York, 1906), page 885. Note also that item #1857.13 above <u>pre</u>-dates the 1858 report.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>Frank Presby and James H Moffat,&nbsp;<em>Athletics at Princeton</em> (Frank Presby Co., 1901), p.67</p>
|Warning=<p>Anachronism alert-- in 1862 Princeton was known as the College of New Jersey.</p>
<p>See also item #[[1857.23]]&nbsp;</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Coordinates=40.3572976, -74.6672226
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Club Forms at College of New Jersey

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Tags College
Location New Jersey
City/State/Country: Princeton, NJ, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Youth
Text

"The Nassau Base Ball Club is organized on the Princeton campus by members of the class of 1862"

 

Sources

Frank Presby and James H Moffat, Athletics at Princeton (Frank Presby Co., 1901), p.67

Warning

Anachronism alert-- in 1862 Princeton was known as the College of New Jersey.

See also item #1857.23 

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