Knickerbocker Base Ball Club Flag On June 5, 1846, the first honorary members were elected, viz. James Lee and Abraham Tucker. At the same meeting Curry, Adams and Tucker were appointed a committee to arrange the preliminaries, and conclude a match with the New York Base Ball Club. From all the information the writer has been able to gather, it appears that this was not an organized clu…
Continue reading →In its May 25, 2026 issue, The New Yorker published “Hall of Shame” (“Baseball’s Magna Carta Finds a New Home” online) by Ben McGrath. The article chronicled a presentation delivered by Frank Murray, former owner of Doc Adams’ handwritten “Laws of Base Ball”, at the Round Hill Club in Greenwich, Connecticut. McGrath recounts how Murray acquired the historic manuscript for approximately $12,000 in 1999 and traces its remarkable journey to its eventual sale for $3.26 million. The article also revisits the growing historical case for Daniel Lucius ‘Doc’ Adams and his pioneering role in the development and standardization of baseball. … Continue reading →
Doc Adams lived in Ridgefield from about 1865 to 1888 and was an active member of the community during that time, He was the first President of the Ridgefield Savings Bank, helped form the Land Improvement Association of Ridgefield, was a founder of the Ridgefield Library Association, was elected to the Connecticut State House of Representatives, served on the building committee that erected the new “t…
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