Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 11
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Location | New York (state) |
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Year | 1858 |
Note on date | Date is speculative; 1859 at latest |
City | New Windsor |
State | NY |
Country | US |
Nickname | Highlands |
Found by | Larry McCray |
"The Newburghs was the name of the first base ball club of a representative character. . . . Their particular rivals were the Highlands, of New Windsor . . . . The ball grounds of the Newburghs were in the field at the corner of South and Johnston Streets. The home plate was in the shade of a willow tree at the south end."
J. Nutt, compiler, Newburgh: Her Institutions, Industries Leading Citizens (Ritchie and Hull, Newburgh, 1891), page 328.
New Windsor NY is about 2 miles south of Newburgh and on the Hudson River. It is about 55 miles N or NYC.