Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 58
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Location | New York (state) |
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Year | 1861 |
Month | 10 |
Note on date | No later thanOctober 1861 |
City | Kingston |
State | NY |
Country | US |
Nickname | Eclipse |
Found by | Peter Morris |
The Hudson River Club of Newburgh beat the Eclipse Club of Kingston in October 1861.
Kingston NY is about 30 miles N of Newburgh and about 95 miles N of Manhattan.
Sources
Peter Morris, "Hudson Rivers of Newburgh," Baseball Pioneers (McFarland, 2012), page 43.