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March 20, 2009

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Those who follow the Historic Pelham Blog know that I have posted numerous items regarding early organized baseball in Pelham. In fact, I have written extensively on the topic. Among the material I have prepared on the topic are the following:

Monday, November 26, 2007: Box Score of a Baseball Game Played on Travers Island in Pelham Manor in July 1896.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007: Baseball on Travers Island During the Summer of 1897.

Friday, July 20, 2007: Account of Early Baseball in Pelham: Pelham vs. the New York Athletic Club on Travers Island in 1897

Friday, November 10, 2006: The Location of Another Early Baseball Field in Pelham

Monday, October 9, 2006: Reminiscences of Val Miller Shed Light on Late 19th Century Baseball in Pelham and the Early Development of the Village of North Pelham

Thursday, March 23, 2006: Baseball Fields Opened on the Grounds of the Westchester Country Club in Pelham on April 4, 1884

Tuesday, January 31, 2006: Another Account of Baseball Played in Pelham in the 1880s Is Uncovered

Thursday, October 6, 2005: Does This Photograph Show Members of the "Pelham Manor Junior Base Ball Team"?

Thursday, September 15, 2005: Newspaper Item Published in 1942 Sheds Light on Baseball in 19th Century Pelham

Thursday, February 10, 2005: New Discoveries Regarding Baseball in 19th Century Pelham

Bell, Blake A., Baseball in Late 19th Century Pelham, The Pelham Weekly, Vol. XIII, No. 17, Apr. 23, 2004, p. 8, col. 2.

Recently I ran across a snippet within an article on another topic that details a baseball game between the Knickerbockers and the Country Club team from Pelham on June 16, 1884. Below is the brief excerpt followed by a citation to its source.

"THE WEEK IN SOCIETY,

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BEGINNING OF THE WEDDING MONTH.

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MANY WEDDINGS OF NOTE--A GAME OF BASEBALL BETWEEN SOCIAL CLUBS.

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A good deal of sport is being anticipated in connection with the baseball match arranged between nines of the Knickerbocker and Country clubs, which will be played at the latter's grounds a week from to-morrow. William Binninger is to be the doughty captain of the Knickerbockers, and William Kent of the Country men. It is expected that big scores will be made by both sides. . . ."

Source: The Week in Society, New-York Tribune, Jun. 8, 1884, p. 7, col. 4.

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