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David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 224, lists 7 clubs with new rulebooks in 1858.  They include base ball clubs in Stamford CT [Mazeppa BB Club], Newburgh NY [Newburgh BB Club, Louisville [KY]? [Louisville BB Club], New York City [Independent BB Club], South Brooklyn [Olympic BB Club], Jersey City [Hamilton BB Club], and, formed to play the Massachusetts Game, the Takewambait BB Club of Natick MA.
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Note: Newburgh lost to the Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 11/24/1859, 58-19.  M. Wright, The NABBP, page 32.
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Location New York (state)
Year 1858
City Newburgh
State NY
Country US
Nickname Newburgh Base Ball Club

From Protoball Entry #1858.5 – Seven More Clubs Publish Their Rules

David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 224, lists 7 clubs with new rulebooks in 1858. They include base ball clubs in Stamford CT [Mazeppa BB Club], Newburgh NY [Newburgh BB Club, Louisville [KY]? [Louisville BB Club], New York City [Independent BB Club], South Brooklyn [Olympic BB Club], Jersey City [Hamilton BB Club], and, formed to play the Massachusetts Game, the Takewambait BB Club of Natick MA.

Note: Newburgh lost to the Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 11/24/1859, 58-19. M. Wright, The NABBP, page 32.


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