Excelsior Club of Brooklyn v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 30 June 1859

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Date of Game	Thursday, June 30, 1859
Location	Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ, United States
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Field	Add Field Page Knickerbocker grounds at Elysian Fields
Home Team	Excelsior Club of South Brooklyn
Away Team	Add Club Page Knickerbocker Club of New York
Score	26 - 22
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Description	(BDE: “In this game the ball will be caught exclusively on the ‘fly.’ “) (NYT: first fly game, played “in presence of nearly three thousand spectators …. The game was an experimental one; to determine the relative merits of putting out men when fair struck balls were caught on the fly: as contrasted with the rule adopted by the Base Ball Convention, of allowing men to be put out when fair struck balls were caught either on the bound or fly. In all respects the game was played according to the rules of the Convention.”)
Sources	(1) “City News and Gossip,” BDE, vol. 18, no. 153 (29 Jun 1859), p. 3, col. 1 (2) “Base Ball: Excelsior Club, of South Brooklyn, versus Knickerbocker Club, of New-York,” NYT, vol. 8, no. 2428 (1 Jul 1859), p. 4, col. 6 (3) “Knickerbocker vs. Excelsior,” NYC, vol. 7, no. 11 (2 Jul 1859), p. 87, col. [xx] [TBI – NOT YET SEEN] (4) “Catch on the Fly vs. First Bound,” NYC, vol. 7, no. 12 (9 Jul 1859), p. 95, col. [xx] (5) Peverelly, pp. 18 & 54 (6) Wright, pp. 31 & 37
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Found by	Craig Waff
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Entry Origin Url	http://protoball.org/Games Tab:Greater New York City#date1859-6-30
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