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|City=Brooklyn | |City=Brooklyn | ||
|Game=Base Ball, | |Game=Base Ball, | ||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>Three games were announced in June 1862 for which net proceeds would be used for sick and wounded Union soldiers. The Eckfords and the Atlantics would play for a silver ball donated by the Continental Club. William Cammeyer provided the enclosed Union grounds without charge. Admission fees of 10 cents were projected to raise $6000 for soldiers' relief.</p> | |Text=<p>Three games were announced in June 1862 for which net proceeds would be used for sick and wounded Union soldiers. The Eckfords and the Atlantics would play for a silver ball donated by the Continental Club. William Cammeyer provided the enclosed Union grounds without charge. Admission fees of 10 cents were projected to raise $6000 for soldiers' relief.</p> | ||
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|Sources=<p>"Relief for the Sick and Wounded," <span>Brooklyn Eagle</span>, June 21, 1862, page 2.</p> | |Sources=<p>"Relief for the Sick and Wounded," <span>Brooklyn Eagle</span>, June 21, 1862, page 2.</p> | ||
<p>Craig Waff, "The 'Silver Ball' Game", <em>Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century </em>(SABR, 2013), pp. 39-42</p> | |||
|Query=<p> is there a good <em>poc hoc</em> account of this project?</p> | |Query=<p> is there a good <em>poc hoc</em> account of this project?</p> | ||
|Submitted by=Gregory Christiano | |Submitted by=Gregory Christiano |
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Brooklyn Games Organized as Benefits for Sick and Wounded Soldiers
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City/State/Country: | Brooklyn, NY, US |
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Game | Base BallBase Ball |
Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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Text | Three games were announced in June 1862 for which net proceeds would be used for sick and wounded Union soldiers. The Eckfords and the Atlantics would play for a silver ball donated by the Continental Club. William Cammeyer provided the enclosed Union grounds without charge. Admission fees of 10 cents were projected to raise $6000 for soldiers' relief.
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Sources | "Relief for the Sick and Wounded," Brooklyn Eagle, June 21, 1862, page 2. Craig Waff, "The 'Silver Ball' Game", Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pp. 39-42 |
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Submitted by | Gregory Christiano |
Submission Note | 12/8/2009 |
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1862.1 Brooklyn Games Organized as Benefits for Sick and Wounded Soldiers"
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