The baseball team of the Philadelphia Athletic Club, along with around twenty friends, paid a visit to the New York City area to play several games. In the afternoon, in South Brooklyn, they defeated the Excelsior Club 18-17 over ten innings in what observers called an excellent match watched by a crowd of more than three thousand people. The visitors were scheduled to play the Mutual Club in Hoboken the next day. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Ball Play: Arrival of the Philadelphia Ball Players ...," New York Times, June 16, 1863, p. 8.
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