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- 18:03, 26 June 2023 Dave talk contribs changed group membership for Bsallardice from editor, supereditor and administrator to editor, supereditor, administrator and bureaucrat
- 17:11, 11 January 2022 Dave talk contribs changed group membership for Bsallardice from editor and supereditor to editor, supereditor and administrator
- 08:22, 17 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Champion Club of Jersey City v Unca Club of Brooklyn on 24 September 1859#comment-553 - Uncas of New York, not Brooklyn? And game in Manhattan or Jersey City?)
- 07:02, 14 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Active Club of Newark v Invincible on 22 May 1858#comment-549 - Should this be NY, not NJ?)
- 06:55, 14 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Manhattan v Baltic in Newark on 6 September 1859#comment-548 - NY, not Newark, location.)
- 06:43, 14 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Champion (NY v Jefferson Club of New York on 16 August 1860#comment-547 - NJ or NY?)
- 07:08, 8 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in Havana in 1864#comment-546 - Cuba was at this time, and until 1898, a colony of Spain.)
- 07:07, 8 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Almedares Club v Borinquen Club on 2 June 1896#comment-545 - Puerto Rico is of course today a Commonwealth, associated with the United States. The 1896 game would have been played when it was still a colony of Spain.)
- 06:56, 5 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Free Academy Club of New York v Monument Club of New York on 22 September 1857#comment-544 - Should this field be Hamilton Square (aka Metropolitan Grounds) in Manhattan, with the game played in Manhattan, not Newark?)
- 11:50, 30 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in Mobile in 1861#comment-541 - Spring Hill was a Catholic school where many of New Orleans' wealthy families sent their sons. Seeing as how baseball was played in New Orleans in 1859, many of these students would, by 1860 at least, have b...)
- 07:03, 30 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Clipping:Tradional Easter Ballplaying . . . Where Fast Day Play was Born?#comment-540 - In old England the "town corporation" was usually what we would today term the city council.)
- 07:27, 24 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (The Early Sporting Press in New England 1.0#comment-539 - Since you ask for info about early baseball writers, William H. Bray (mentioned in the article) was born in England in 1831, and died in Oakland, CA April 29, 1902. By 1880 he had moved to C...)
- 06:07, 21 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Continental Club of Newtonville v Upton Club of Boston on 30 June 1866#comment-538 - Harvard Law School grounds?)
- 06:05, 21 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Niagara Club of East Cambridge v Forest Club of East Cambridge on 19 August 1858#comment-537 - Cambridge had 26,060 residents in 1860.)
- 06:01, 21 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Unnamed club Club of Dayton#comment-536 - Dayton had 20,081 residents in 1860.)
- 05:43, 21 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Mechanics Club of Worcester#comment-535 - Worcester had 24,960 residents in 1860.)
- 05:34, 21 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Warren Club of Roxbury#comment-534 - Roxbury had 25,137 residents in 1860.)
- 05:16, 21 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Portland Base Ball Club#comment-533 - Portland had 26,341 residents in 1860.)
- 06:36, 18 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Eckford Club of Brooklyn#comment-532 - See also Eckford of Greenpoint.)
- 19:25, 16 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Hoosiers Club of South Bend#comment-531 - This is based on some 1932 newspaper articles in the South Bend Tribune, which says Henry Benjamin organized the "Hoosier Base Ball Club" in 1860, which club had a practice game that year in "Goose Pasture....)
- 06:58, 16 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Champion Base Ball Club of Leavenworth#comment-530 - See also "Fort Leavenworth" entries.)
- 05:48, 15 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1854.15#comment-528 - The term “old fashioned base ball” (OFBB) appears to have been used in the decades after the 1850s to describe whatever game was played locally before the New York game arrived. The term was used extensively in upstate New...)
- 05:45, 15 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1835c.13#comment-527 - The term “old fashioned base ball” (OFBB) appears to have been used in the decades after the 1850s to describe whatever game was played locally before the New York game arrived. The term was used extensively in upstate Ne...)
- 05:43, 15 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Wicket, OFBB (retro) in East Granville in 1835#comment-526 - The term “old fashioned base ball” (OFBB) appears to have been used in the decades after the 1850s to describe whatever game was played locally before the New York game arrived. The t...)
- 10:54, 14 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Clipper Club of Manchester v Hunky Dory Club of Nashua on 29 May 1869#comment-525 - The Highland Trotting Park was west of downtown Manchester, in what is today the Piscataquog District.)
- 09:08, 14 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Clipper Club of Manchester v Hunky Dory Club of Nashua on 29 May 1869#comment-524 - An 1875 game in Manchester was player at the Trotting Park. See New York Clipper, July 31, 1875.)
- 18:58, 12 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In Sacramento on 11 December 1859#comment-523 - The politician W. I. Ferguson (d. 1858) was known in Sacramento as "Ferg." There might be a connection between him and the field.)
- 13:51, 11 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Holt Base Ball Club of Newport#comment-522 - Said to have as their home grounds "Taylor's Bottom.")
- 10:07, 9 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Alamo Club of San Antonio#comment-521 - It would make sense for this club, and other early clubs, to have played in/near the Alamo, and/or what is now Travis Park (to the west of the Alamo), the two large open spaces in central San Antonio at the t...)
- 05:15, 9 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Capital City Club of Madison#comment-520 - Sackmann says that in 1865 this club played on grounds on the shores of Lake Mendota.)
- 05:07, 9 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Capital City Club of Madison#comment-519 - Sackmann article says this club was "active" in 1864, but no record of match games till 1865.)
- 06:38, 8 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (24th United States Infantry Base Ball Club of Vicksburg, Mississippi v Mississippi Valley BBC of Vicksburg on 7 February 1867#comment-518 - From the above the "parade grounds" may have been about where Harris St. intersects Cherry.)
- 05:32, 8 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In Biloxi in July 1860#comment-517 - Biloxi and Pass Christian, on MS's Gulf Coast, were (and are) popular resort areas for New Orleans residents.)
- 07:54, 7 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (First Game at the North Pole#comment-516 - A photo of this game is in the Naval History blog, July 4, 2019.)
- 08:10, 5 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (University of Washington Club of Seattle#comment-515 - A "university" base ball club played the "town" on July 4, 1878 in Seattle. See Seattle Daily Intelligencer, July 2, 1878. Jack Levy of the Alkis BBC was Secretary of the July 4th Festivities.)
- 08:08, 5 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Dolly Varden Base Ball Club of Seattle#comment-514 - A Dolly Varden saloon existed in Seattle in 1872. See Puget Sound Dispatch, June 13, 1872.)
- 19:53, 4 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pioneer Base Ball Club of Portland#comment-513 - A website on Portland history says the first games were played on a vacant lot on Washington Street. Later, at Broadway and Stark. See pdxhistory.com.)
- 07:10, 4 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Knoxville#comment-512 - A Nov. 1867 game between the Holston and Knoxville clubs, won by the former 90-21, was played near "Serff's" on Cumberland St. Knoxville Press and Herald, Nov. 7, 1867. A "Scherf's" Hotel existed in Knoxville in 1869...)
- 06:07, 30 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Victoria v Seattle Alkis in Victoria on 24 May 1877#comment-511 - An Olympia BBC was named the Alkis. The newspaper might be mistaken here.)
- 06:04, 30 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Dolly Varden Base Ball Club of Seattle#comment-510 - Seattle had 1,107 residents in 1870.)
- 05:48, 30 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Rainier Base Ball Club of Olympia#comment-509 - See also Olympia "Washington Standard," May 29, 1869.)
- 05:46, 30 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Red Rovers Club of Port Townsend#comment-508 - This is the report in the Port Townsend Weekly Argus, May 18, 1871)
- 05:33, 28 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Port Gamble Base Ball Club#comment-507 - A FORT Gamble club (same location as the town?) existed in 1877. See Snohomish.)
- 12:07, 26 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (New:Winona Base Ball Club of Phildelphia#comment-506 - A Winona BBC was in existence in 1859.)
- 12:02, 26 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (New:Virona of Philadelphia#comment-505 - Is this the same as the "Veruna" BBC? Duplicate entry?)
- 11:59, 26 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Veruna Club of Philadelphia#comment-504 - Is this the "Virona" BBC organized 6-1-1866?)
- 06:44, 19 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Syracuse Base Ball Club#comment-503 - The Syracuse Courier, Oct. 23, 1858 reports an Oct. 22 intramural game by the Syracuse BBC between the marrieds and singles. Other game reports are in same, 11-1 and 11-11-58. The club's grounds were "near" Fay...)
- 06:40, 19 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Syracuse Base Ball Club#comment-502 - The Syracuse Courier, Nov. 15, 1858 gives the box score of a game between the married and single men of the Syracuse BBC.)
- 06:33, 19 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Salt Point Base Ball Club of Syracuse#comment-501 - The Central City Courier of Syracuse, May 7, 1859, mentions the Salt Point BBC members practicing nearly every morning.)
- 06:10, 13 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Excelsior Club of Walla Walla v Club of Walla Walla on 6 September 1867#comment-500 - The Walla Walla Statesman, Sept. 27, 1867 reports that Saturday last the Excelsiors beat the Walla Wallas.)
- 14:05, 8 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Round or base ball in Barre in 1848#comment-499 - The Boston Post, June 5, 1848: "In Barre, the anniversary of the organization of the government was celebrated by a game of ball--round or base, we suppose--twelve on a side. It took four hours to p...)
- 18:57, 3 February 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Excelsior Club of Montreal#comment-498 - By 1865 baseball had become so popular in Montreal that an ordinance was passed forbidding games in city parks as a menace to other users. [Thorn, Our Game blog,1-28-2020])
- 06:21, 3 January 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Neptune Base Ball Club of Lena#comment-497 - In 1888 Lena had the Oriental and Enterprise clubs, which played on July 4 in Stockton. See Stockton Herald, July 6, 1888.)
- 04:23, 16 October 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pottawattomie Club of Council Bluffs#comment-496 - "Baseball: The Story of Iowa's Early Innings," Annals of Iowa (1941) 625-654 reports that baseball was played in Council Bluffs in 1866.)
- 04:21, 16 October 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Davenport#comment-495 - The Annals of Iowa (1941) article on early Iowa baseball identifies this club as the "Pastime Base Ball Club No. 2.")
- 05:06, 28 September 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (El Caracas Base Ball Club on 23 May 1895#comment-494 - The Jamail book notes that Caracas newspapers reported baseball playing as early as Feb. 1895.)
- 05:01, 28 September 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (El Caracas Base Ball Club on 23 May 1895#comment-493 - There are, once again, arguments about the origins of Venezuelan baseball, with a study from the University of Florida saying that students brought it back from America in 1895 after going to A...)
- 08:32, 15 September 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Olympic Club of Boston v Aurora Ball Club of Boston in 1853#comment-492 - See Olympic entry, for a prior (July 1853) intersquad game.)
- 08:30, 15 September 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Aurora Ball Club of Boston#comment-491 - See Olympic Club entry.)
- 04:18, 9 September 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Natives v Foreigners in Honolulu on 4 July 1866#comment-490 - This may be the first recorded game between teams of different races, predating inter-racial games in the U.S. involving African-Americans.)
- 06:27, 20 July 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in Japan in 1872#comment-489 - A Japanese touring company troupe played baseball in the US in 1872. See https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/07/c8bd473c856b-baseball-researcher-finds-earliest-recorded-game-involving-japanese.html)
- 07:57, 13 July 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Excelsior Base Ball Club of Pana#comment-488 - For more on early Pana baseball, see the Decatur Daily Review, July 17, 1921, the source for the Morris book quote.)
- 07:24, 5 July 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In La Porte in 1858#comment-487 - Check "predecessor games" for an 1851 San Francisco game that may have been played under the NY rules.)
- 07:23, 5 July 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In San Francisco on 10 November 1858#comment-486 - Check "predecessor games" for a Feb. 1851 game in San Francisco that may have been played under the then-existing NY rules.)
- 09:46, 12 June 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1863.57#comment-484 - This was written from Thunderbolt Battery.)
- 05:19, 5 June 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Lookout Club of Chattanooga#comment-483 - The Chattanooga Daily American Union, March 3, 1866, gives a box score of a game played yesterday between two sides of the Lookout. The same article calls the Lookout "The Champion Base Ball Club of the Sou...)
- 16:15, 17 May 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In Honolulu in 1840#comment-482 - See also Feb. 10, 1869 entry for base ball games. The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Sept. 8, 1859 reports that "Bat and Ball ... is being introduced among the natives and bids fair to become a favorite game.")
- 09:59, 17 May 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Empires Club of Fort Wayne#comment-481 - The New York Clipper, June 6, 1868, prints the box score of an inter-squad game of the Empire Club of Concordia College, Fort Wayne.)
- 07:25, 21 April 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Base Ball Club of Ottawa#comment-480 - The Toronto Irish Canadian, Aug. 19, 1874 reports that at the Grand Union Picnic held in Ottawa Aug. 7, the Ottawa's defeated the Union's 33-12.)
- 13:26, 19 March 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1869.14#comment-479 - There was an Asian-White interracial game in Honolulu in 1867. See Protoball, and my article in the Our Game blog.)
- 13:25, 19 March 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1869.3#comment-478 - The earliest provable inter-racial ballgame was in Hawaii. See my article in the OurGame blog, and the posting for Honolulu in protoball.)
- 14:11, 24 January 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Nigeria#comment-477 - A Nigeria team played baseball in the All Africa games in 1999.)
- 14:10, 24 January 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In Uganda in 1999#comment-476 - A Uganda team played baseball in the All Africa games in 1999.)
- 14:09, 24 January 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (US Army v Pan Am employees in 1942#comment-475 - A Ghana team played baseball in the All Africa games in 1999.)
- 13:34, 8 January 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1867.17#comment-474 - See my article on this game, and the teams, at https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-first-multiracial-ballgame-32ea57419a1d)
- 13:32, 8 January 2019 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pacific Club of Honolulu v Pioneer Club of Honolulu on 24 August 1867#comment-473 - See my article on this game, and the teams, at https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-first-multiracial-ballgame-32ea57419a1d)
- 10:01, 28 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In Spanish Point on 11 July 1883undefined#comment-472 - It is unclear exactly what this game was. Rounders?)
- 07:37, 26 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Empire Club of New Orleans v Louisiana Club of New Orleans on 14 September 1859#comment-471 - The umpire of this game was James F. Otis (born Tristam Coffin Otis, 1808-67), a poet who had been drama/music critic for Porter's "Spirit of the Times" a...)
- 07:30, 26 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Louisiana Club of New Orleans#comment-470 - The New Orleans Times Picayune, Aug. 14, 1859 printed an extensive article on the history of base ball, cricket and wicket.)
- 09:50, 22 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pioneer Club of Honolulu#comment-469 - Add to the 1867 roster James H. Black (1830-1910), newspaper editor and Civil War veteran, who is said to have introduced the NY game to the islands (see 7-4-66 and 8-24-67 game entries).)
- 09:47, 22 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pacific Club of Honolulu#comment-468 - William Saffery Wond (1841-1932), later clerk of the local court, married the daughter of Privy Counciler Jonah Piikoi (1804-59).)
- 08:51, 22 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pioneer Club of Honolulu#comment-467 - Add to the 1867 roster Frederick W. Wunderberg (1850-1918), Hawaii's Postmaster General 1886-91, whose father was the royal registrar of accounts.)
- 08:49, 22 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pacific Club of Honolulu#comment-466 - The Pioneer Club in 1867 included, in addition to the three Polyneian Hawaiians listed above, a number of members of prominent HI families, several being "half-caste." Charles T. Gulick (1841-97), of a promine...)
- 07:22, 22 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pioneer Club of Honolulu#comment-465 - Add to the roster of the 1867 Pioneer club 1st baseman Edward Creamor MacFarlane (1848-1902), a wealthy publisher, rancher and hotel owner who in 1892 was appointed prime minister of Hawaii by the queen.)
- 07:39, 21 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pioneer Club of Honolulu#comment-464 - The Pioneer Club 1867 roster reads like a who's who of pioneer Anglo-Hawaiian families. It was captained in 1867 by Alan Wilkes Judd (1840-75), son of Gerrit P. Judd, cabinet minister and diplomat. Among the p...)
- 08:14, 20 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1867.17#comment-463 - A J. Nakookoo was a member of the 1882 Hawaiian legislature. Same man as the ballplayer of 1867?)
- 05:43, 20 December 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1855c.10#comment-462 - The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, March 29, 1860, announces the formation of a wicket club in Honolulu: "A wicket club has been organized among the young men of this city and students of Punahou College.")
- 07:25, 4 November 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Trap Ball#comment-461 - "Dyde's Military Grounds" appears to be the City Hall Park that exists today, at Broadway and Ann. At the time, it had been used as a military parade ground. Dyde's London Hotel was adjacent to the park, as was the Park Thea...)
- 07:04, 4 November 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Trap Ball#comment-460 - The first American mention I've found is in the New York Evening Post, Sept. 13, 1811, which reports that Sept. 14th "the game of English trap ball, fully as amusing as cricket, and the exercise not so violent" will be playe...)
- 07:00, 4 November 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Trap Ball#comment-459 - Trap Ball is mentioned in the London, England, Public Advertiser, Nov. 15, 1766, May 14 and July 28, 1767.)
- 05:00, 23 October 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Independent Base Ball Club of Plattsburgh#comment-458 - The Army and Navy Journal, Sept. 21, 1872, reports that the United BBC of the local army garrison recently played the Relief BBC and Young America BBC of Plattsburgh.)
- 04:58, 23 October 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Students at U of So. Carolina Club of Columbia#comment-457 - See Green, "History of the University of South Carolina" p. 405 which is the source of these quotes. The Green book has more on this club.)
- 05:19, 12 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Excelsior Club of Philadelphia v Camden Club of Philadelphia on 9 July 1860#comment-456 - The NYC called the two teams Philadelphia clubs, but query if the Camden was from neighboring Camden, NJ.)
- 05:57, 10 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Young Canadians Club of Woodstock v Rough and Ready Club of Ingersoll on 25 July 1860#comment-455 - The New York Clipper, Aug. 4, 1860 reports on an earlier match of these two teams, gives a box score, and explains that Canadian rules differ from t...)
- 12:46, 7 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Barton v West Flamboro’ in Canada on 5 September 1862#comment-454 - PSOT 9-20-62.)
- 12:46, 7 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Young Canadian v Maple Leaf on 7 August 1862#comment-453 - BE 8-23-62.)
- 12:45, 7 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Maple Leaf Club of Hamilton v Barton on 5 August 1862#comment-452 - NYSM 8-23-62.)
- 12:44, 7 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Young Canadian Club of Woodstock v Maple Leaf Club of Hamilton on 3 September 1861#comment-451 - PSOT Sept. 21, 1861)
- 12:43, 7 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Mechanics Club of Port Hope v Live Oak Club of Bowmanville on 6 August 1861#comment-450 - Porter's Spirit of the Times, Aug. 24, 1861.)
- 12:42, 7 August 2018 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Maple Leaf Club of Hamilton v Burlington Club of Hamilton on 30 July 1861#comment-449 - Brooklyn Eagle, Aug. 17, 1861)