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New Jersey Baseball |
News Flash!
The first modern Base Ball game was played on October 6, 1845 at Elysian Fields in Hoboken NJ (not Cooperstown NY). The modern rules were not written by Abner Doubleday, but by Alexander Cartwright Jr. |
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Stephen Speiser a NJ attorney and the city of Hoboken are working on creating a more recognizable Historical presence in Hoboken. Alexander Cartwright, jr. and the baseball's early days, can be found on the Mr. Baseball site, created by the great, great Grandson of Alexander Cartwright, jr. The goal of the Mr. Baseball site is to be the prime source of baseball history on the internet. I have not found a site that so completely lives up to its goal. |
An interesting story, but believable??
1853 Soil from Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey
1875 - New York Times Reports on Base-Ball games
The Curley
Brothers Baseball Team! These pictures are of
the Curley Brothers Baseball Team who played "sand lot ball" mostly in
Southern New Jersey's Cumberland and adjoining Counties during the 1930's.
Missing from the picture are (3) sisters who helped the team in many ways,
including cheering them on.
An excellent resource, although many links require membership, you can find some good articles for free. See the link to the .pdf article about the 1914 Atlantic League. The Rise and Fall of the 1914 Atlantic League by George Pawlush The league included teams from Newark/Long Branch, Perth Amboy, Paterson and Asbury Park. Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum Vintage Base ball lives in New Jersey!
National
Baseball Hall of Fame
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