Doc Appointed Delegate To The 1st Convention Of Base Ball Clubs
At a meeting held February 27, 1858, Messrs. D. L. Adams and W. H. Grenelle were appointed delegates to the first convention of Base Ball Clubs, to be held on the 10th of March. The first meeting of the Convention was held on the 10th of March, 1858, and the following clubs represented by two delegates each : Knickerbocker, Gotham, Eagle, Empire, Putnam, Baltic, Excelsior, Atlantic, Harlem, Eckford, Continental, Union, Metropolitan, Columbian, Osceola, Oriental, Stuyvesant, Hamilton, Pastime, Liberty (of New Brunswick), Monument, Amity, St Nicholas, Nassau, and Mutual. A resolution was adopted declaring the Convention a permanent organization, and a committee of three was appointed to prepare and submit a Constitution and By-Laws. The committee reported, adopted the same, and the ” National Association of Base Ball Players ” was duly organized thereunder.
“The Book of American Pastimes”, Charles Peverelly (1866)
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