Early baseball in Connecticut/Club 3
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| + | "The honor of starting the first Base-Ball Club at Yale belongs to a member of Sixty-one – the member from Chittenango [NY]. During the first year (Junior) of the existence of the Club, the game was practiced with zeal and success – almost to the exclusion of boating. The subsequent year brought less farvor. Fifty-two of the Class attached themselves to the first Base-Ball Club." | ||
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| Spread of baseball: Home -> Connecticut -> Early baseball in Connecticut/Club 3 |
| Location | Connecticut |
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| Year | 1860 |
| Note on date | Year is conjecture |
| City | New Haven |
| State | CT |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Class of 1861 |
"The honor of starting the first Base-Ball Club at Yale belongs to a member of Sixty-one – the member from Chittenango [NY]. During the first year (Junior) of the existence of the Club, the game was practiced with zeal and success – almost to the exclusion of boating. The subsequent year brought less farvor. Fifty-two of the Class attached themselves to the first Base-Ball Club."
Yale Literary Magazine, August 1861, page 370.
