Early baseball in New Jersey/Game 18
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| - | |Pagetext="Base Ball Club - There is very considerable spirit manifested by the members of this sporting club in Jersey City, who enter into the game much zest. Three games came off yesterday. The following gentlemen were the winners by 2 on the first, 5 on the second, and thirteen on the last ---- Boyce, Jonlon, Marsh, Reynolds, Gregory, G. Drummer and Hart. Contestants --- Bixby, Bache, Hooker, Skillman, Varick Fox, Tilley, | + | |Pagetext="Base Ball Club - There is very considerable spirit manifested by the members of this sporting club in Jersey City, who enter into the game much zest. Three games came off yesterday. The following gentlemen were the winners by 2 on the first, 5 on the second, and thirteen on the last ---- Boyce, Jonlon, Marsh, Reynolds, Gregory, G. Drummer and Hart. Contestants --- Bixby, Bache, Hooker, Skillman, Varick Fox, Tilley, Brown, Shane and Hutton." |
|Sources=Jersey City Daily Sentinal, June 28, 1855 | |Sources=Jersey City Daily Sentinal, June 28, 1855 | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:43, 11 May 2012
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| Location | New Jersey |
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| Year | 1855 |
| Month | 6 |
| Date | 23 |
| City | Jersey City |
| State | NJ |
| Country | US |
| Was NY rules baseball | Unknown |
| Played by | Locals |
| Team 1 | Boyce's Side |
| Team 2 | Bixby's Side |
| Found by | John Zinn |
"Base Ball Club - There is very considerable spirit manifested by the members of this sporting club in Jersey City, who enter into the game much zest. Three games came off yesterday. The following gentlemen were the winners by 2 on the first, 5 on the second, and thirteen on the last ---- Boyce, Jonlon, Marsh, Reynolds, Gregory, G. Drummer and Hart. Contestants --- Bixby, Bache, Hooker, Skillman, Varick Fox, Tilley, Brown, Shane and Hutton."
Sources
Jersey City Daily Sentinal, June 28, 1855
