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• San Francisco Base Ball Club v Red Rover Base Ball Club of San Francisco on 22 February 1860  + (<p>John E. Spalding, <span style= … <p>John E. Spalding, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Always on Sunday: The California Baseball League, 1886-1915</span> (Ag Press, Manhattan KS, 1992).</p></br><p>Kevin Nelson, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Golden Game: The Story of California Baseball</span> (California Historical Society Press, San Francisco, 2004), page 10.</p></br><p>William F. McNeil, The <span style="text-decoration: underline;">California Winter League</span> (McFarland, 2002), page 9.</p></br><p><em>California Spirit of the Times</em>, February 22, 1860. NY Mercury, March 18, 1860; Dec. 30, 1860.</p></br><p>The <em>NY Mercury</em>, March 18, 1860, notes this game. The <em>Mercury</em>, Dec. 30, 1860, labels this Feb. 22 game the first game ever played in CA. [BA]</p></br><p> </p> 18, 1860, notes this game. The <em>Mercury</em>, Dec. 30, 1860, labels this Feb. 22 game the first game ever played in CA. [BA]</p> <p> </p>)
• -2600c.1  + (<p>John Fox, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Ball: Discovering the Object of the Game</span> (Harper Perennial, 2012), page 36.</p> <p>For the later Asian game, see https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-ancient-balls-xinjiang.</p>)
• 1852.13  + (<p>John Freyer and Mark Rucker, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Peverelly's National Game</span> (Arcadia, 2005), page 21; A reprint of Charles Peverelly, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">American Pastimes</span>, 1866.</p>)
• 1790s.11  + (<p>John Hamilton, "Some Reminiscences of Wilm't'n and My Youthful Days," <em>Delaware History, </em>v.1 no. 2 (July 1946), page 91.</p>)
• 1861.13  + (<p>John Husman, "Ohio's First Baseball Game," Presented at the SABR Convention, July 16, 2004, page 5.</p>)
• 1780.10  + (<p>John King Lord, <span style="t … <p>John King Lord, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A History of Dartmouth College 1815-1909 (Rumford Press, Concord NH, 1913), page 593.</span> Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," <em>Base Ball</em>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 35 and refs #38 through 40. See also Chron entry #[[1771.1]].</p>[[1771.1]].</p>)
• 1859.24  + (<p>John Lester, <span style="text … <p>John Lester, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Century of Philadelphia Cricket</span> [UPenn Press, Philadelphia, 1951], page 8.</p></br><p>This game is also covered in Norton, Frederick C., "That Strange Yankee Game, Wicket," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bristol</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Connecticut</span> (City Printing Co., Hartford, 1907), pages 295-296. Available via Google Books: try search: "'Monday, July 18, 1859' Bristol."</p></br><p>See also Larry McCray, "State Championship Wicket Game in Connecticut: A Hearty Hurrah for a Doomed Pastime," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Base Ball </span> Journal, Volume 5, number 1 (Special Issue on Origins), pages 132-135.</p>ation: underline;">Base Ball </span> Journal, Volume 5, number 1 (Special Issue on Origins), pages 132-135.</p>)
• 1850s.3  + (<p>John Lester, ed., <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Century of Cricket in Philadelphia</span> [University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 1951], page 23.</p>)
• 1859.13  + (<p>John Lester, <span>A Century of Philadelphia Cricket</span>, UPenn Press, Philadelphia, 1951), pages 19-21.</p> <p>Facsimile of <span>Clipper</span> coverage of the Philadelphia match contributed by Gregory Christiano, 2009.</p>)
• 1860.33  + (<p>John M. Kovach, <span>From Goosepasture to Greenstockings: South Bend Baseball 1860 - 1890</span> (Greenstocking Press, South Bend, 1985), pages 4-6. (no ref. given). Accessed at the Giamatti Center at the Hall of Fame.</p>)

• Catch a Fly  + (<p>John Pastier, email of February 12, 2009.</p>)

• 1854.4  + (<p>John Thorn posting to 19CBB listserve group, July 5, 2004, 1:39 PM.</p>)
• 1845.29  + (<p>John Thorn supplies this online s … <p>John Thorn supplies this online source for the book:</p></br><p><span><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TOtdAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP11&dq=Jongens!+Wat+zal+er+gespeeld+worden?&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjW1NKtqtDPAhVGPT4KHVrJBf8Q6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q&f=false">https://books.google.com/books?id=TOtdAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP11&dq=Jongens!+Wat+zal+er+gespeeld+worden?&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjW1NKtqtDPAhVGPT4KHVrJBf8Q6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q&f=false</a></span></p></br><p><span>The book is: <strong>J</strong></span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">ongens! Wat zal er gespeeld worden?: handboekje voor knapen bij hunne,</span> </strong>(Leeuwarden, G.T.E. Suringar, 1845).  The author is not specified.</p></br><p> </p></br><p> </p></br><p><span style="font-size: 2em;"> </span></p></br><p><span style="font-size: 2em;"> </span></p></br><p><span style="font-size: 2em;"> </span></p></br><p><span> </span></p>p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 2em;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 2em;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 2em;"> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p>)
• George Wright2  + (<p>John Thorn's article on Wright, one of his favorite players, is at</p> <p>https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/who-was-george-wright-ad5d9ab06501  </p>)
• 1853.10  + (<p>John Thorn, "Pots and Pans and Ba … <p>John Thorn, "Pots and Pans and Bats and Balls," posted January 23, 2008 at</p></br><p><a href="http://thornpricks.blogspot.com/2008/01/pots-pans-and-bats-balls.html">http://thornpricks.blogspot.com/2008/01/pots-pans-and-bats-balls.html</a></p></br><p>See also  Turkin and Thompson, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball</span> (Doubleday, 1979), page 585.</p>he Official Encyclopedia of Baseball</span> (Doubleday, 1979), page 585.</p>)
• 1853.16  + (<p>John Thorn, "Pots and Pans and Bats and Balls," posted January 23, 2008 at</p> <p><a href="http://thornpricks.blogspot.com/2008/01/pots-pans-and-bats-balls.html">http://thornpricks.blogspot.com/2008/01/pots-pans-and-bats-balls.html</a></p>)
• The First Base Ball Reporters - Cauldwell, Bray, Chadwick  + (<p>John Thorn, "Pots and Pans and Ba … <p>John Thorn, "Pots and Pans and Bats and Balls," posted January 23, 2008 at</p></br><p><a href="http://thornpricks.blogspot.com/2008/01/pots-pans-and-bats-balls.html">http://thornpricks.blogspot.com/2008/01/pots-pans-and-bats-balls.html</a></p></br><p>See also  Turkin and Thompson, <span>The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball</span> (Doubleday, 1979), page 585.</p>l Encyclopedia of Baseball</span> (Doubleday, 1979), page 585.</p>)
• 1867.3  + (<p>John Thorn, "The Most Important Game in Baseball History?-- Rockford vs. Washington", in <em>Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century</em> (SABR, 2013), pp. 55-57</p>)
• 1865.25  + (<p>John Thorn, <span style="text- … <p>John Thorn, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball in the Garden of Eden</span> (Simon and Schuster, 2011), page 127.  The book includes [pp. 128-129] the written confession of the youngest plotter, Tom Devyr, whom the Mutuals reinstated the following year. </p></br><p>See also Philip Dixon, "The First Fixed Game-- Eckfords vs. Mutuals", in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century </span>(SABR, 2013), pp.46-48.</p>st Games of the 19th Century </span>(SABR, 2013), pp.46-48.</p>)
• 1844.20  + (<p>John Thorn, FB Posting, 3/1/2022.  [Right-side image, below] The announcement of the event appears in the <em>New York Herald</em> on February 8, 1844.</p>)
• 1876.1  + (<p>John Thorn, History Awakens: February 2, 1876 and the  Founding of the National League: An Amazing New Discovery.</p> <p>https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/history-awakens-february-2-1876-and-the-founding-of-the-national-league-ab2ef2dae954</p>)