Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 4
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| Location | New York (state) |
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| 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.
