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1832.11 + ( See [[1831.7]] for an earlier assembly involving the same two hosts. )
1802.3 + ( Tom Altherr … Tom Altherr comments that while Mrs. Bascom disdained such activities on Sundays, she had "left valuable evidence of the seemingly commonplace status ball play had in her day in the South. Moreover, despite the ambiguity of her [May 9] diary entry, African Americans may have been playing ball, perhaps even with whites." g ball, perhaps even with whites." )
The Union Hall Game of Ball + ( Was this sch … Was this schoolyard game a significant step in the evolution toward modern base ball? We welcome input on the nature and place of the Union Hall game in the evolution of modern base ball.Protoball has seen many references to what amounts to foul territory in single wicket cricket, but all of them seem to simply disallow base-running when a hit ball goes past the batter. Was the use of foul ground for forward hits common in American ballplaying?foul ground for forward hits common in American ballplaying?)
1845.16 + ( [] Richard H … [] Richard Hershberger adds that one can not be sure that these were the same sides that played on October 21/25, noting that the Morning Post refers here just to New York "players", and not to the New York Club.[] See also [[1845.4]] for the October 21/25 games.[] John Thorn, 11/16/2022, points out that "Eight to the side was the norm in 1845, as Adams had not yet created the position of shortstop."[] In January 2023, a further question arose: Was this game played by modern rules? Could base ball's first known match game have been played in Brooklyn . . . . and on a cricket pitch? It was evidently played to 21 runs, and its eight players preceded the invention of a 9th, a shortstop. Bob Tholkes, to Protoball, 1/30/2023: "It’s a judgement. Wheaton, the writer of the Knick rules umpired the later two [1845 matches] so I’ve assumed they were played by them…don’t know that about the first game." were played by them…don’t know that about the first game." )
Richmond Club of Richmond + ( <table class="stat … <table class="stats"><tbody><tr><td>"Baseball didn't take root in Richmond until 1866, and the pioneer appears to have been Alexander Babcock, a New Yorker who played for Atlantic of Brooklyn in the 1850s, but went south and fought for the Confederacy, settling in Richmond after the war. He founded the Richmond Club, probably the first there, and then the Pastimes, which was a sort of City All-Stars and touring team." -- Bill Hicklin, 10/5/2020</td></tr></tbody></table>uring team." -- Bill Hicklin, 10/5/2020 </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>)
1855.5 + ( Note:</strong&g … Note: Seymour did not name the seven listed clubs; drat.As of mid-2013, Protoball lists a total of 30 clubs operating in the NYC area New York State: nine were in Brooklyn (Atlantic, Bedford, Columbia, Continental, Eckford, Excelsior, Harmony, Putnam, and Washington), five in Manhattan (Baltic, Eagle, Empire, Gotham, and Knickerbocker -- all but the Baltic playing one or more games at Hoboken), two (Atlantic of Jamaica, Astoria) in Queens, and two (Union, Young America) in Morrisania [Bronx]. See [[<a>http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NY</a>]] In addition, twelve clubs are listed in New Jersey (Empire, Excelsior, Fear Not, Newark Senior, Newark Junior, Oriental-cum-Olympic, Pavonia, Palisades, Pioneer, St. John, and Washington). See[[<a>http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NJ</a>]]. These clubs played in about 35 reported match games; over fifteen reports of intramural play are also known. There are reports of only one junior club (in NJ) and match play by one "second nine" (a Knickerbocker match game).Corrections and additions are welcome. nior club (in NJ) and match play by one "second nine" (a Knickerbocker match game). Corrections and additions are welcome. )
1826.3 + ( Note … Note that this find comes five years before town ball is seen in Philadelphia. From Bruce Allardice, email of 6/9/2021:<div dir="ltr">"In the year 1823, Dr. John G. Coffin, established a journal in Boston entitled, "The Boston Medical Intelligencer, devoted to the cause of physical education, and to the means of preventing and curing diseases." The motto in the title page was as follows :- "The best part of the medical art, is the avoiding of pain." This journal some five or six years afterward, became the "Boston Medical and Surgical Journal," "</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">Dr. John G. Coffin (1769-1828), married. Eliza Rice.</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">This is undoubtedly one of the petitioners for the gymnasium.</div><div dir="ltr">The mentioned William Sullivan is probably Judge William Sullivan (1774-1839), a prominent local politician and lawyer.</div> ymnasium.</div> <div dir="ltr">The mentioned William Sullivan is probably Judge William Sullivan (1774-1839), a prominent local politician and lawyer.</div> )
Austin Base Ball Club + ( It had 2039 residents in 1870.)
Seabury Base Ball Club of Faribault + ( It had 3045 residents in 1870.)
1850s.33 + ( It is interesting that the game … It is interesting that the game of wicket is not mentioned, given Ashland's location in western MA.As of Jan 2013, this is one of three uses of "gool" instead of "goal" in ballplaying entries, all in the 1850s and found in western MA and ME. [To confirm/update, do an enhanced search for "gool".] This is the only entry that uses "gool" as the actual name of the game.es "gool" as the actual name of the game.)

1853.11 + ( Pownal ME is about 20 miles north of Portland.)

1828c.3 + ( Priscilla Astifan has looked hard for such an article, and it resists finding. She suspects the article appeared in a newspaper whose contents were not preserved.)
1861.13 + ( Ravenna OH is about 35 miles SE of Cleveland in eastern Ohio.)
1861.12 + ( Sanford ME is about 30 miles N of Portsmouth NH, near the NH border.)
1840c.26 + ( See also 1837c.12 Craig reported that Oakey, 65 years old in 1894, had attended Erasmus Hall from 1838 to 1845. David Dyte added details in a July 3, 2009 19CBB posting. )
1660c.3 + ((Jacobs) says that unfortunately "balslaen" has been translated as cricket but it simply means hitting the ball.)
Eagle Base Ball Club of New York v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 23 July 1861 + (17 total home runs hit in the match, 11 by the Eckford and 6 by the Eagle. Josh Snyder, SS for the Eckford, hit four. Eckford CF, John Snyder, hurt his knee in the ninth inning and was replaced by Wm. Brown.)
Club of Albany + (1882 African American ball club)
1867.8 + (19cbb post by Peter Morris, Nov. 8, 2002)
Old Dominion Club of Alexandria v Mt. Vernon Club of Alexandria on 15 October 1866 + (2nd nines for both teams. Game started at 2:15 PM and ended at 5:30 PM. Old Dominion played without a shortstop for most of the game as he was delayed for some reason. See clipping for more detail, including boxscore.)
1857.38 + ( "For President Buchana … "For President Buchanan in 1857, a new reverse to the (latest "Indian Peace") Medal was commissioned from engraver Joseph Wilson . . . . [The medal showed] in the distance, a simple home with a woman standing in the doorway -- and a baseball game being playing in the foreground. . . . "No matter what some gentlemen were saying in New York at the "national" conventions of area clubs, the frontier game of baseball, in all its variety, was already perceived as the national game."-- John Thorn, "Our Baseball Presidents," Our Game posting, February 2018. ary 2018. )

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