After 6 innings of play at Troy‚ NY‚ the ball becomes ripped. The umpire decides that it is unfit and calls for another. The Kekiongas‚ winning at the time 6-3‚ refuse to allow another ball to be used and refuse to continue to the game because of the reputation of the Haymakers using illegal balls in the past. The umpire (Isaac Leroy or Ed Tighe depending on the source), after five full minutes of ordering Fort Wayne back on the field, calls the game a 9–0 forfeit in favor of the Haymakers.

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After 6 innings of play at Troy‚ NY‚ the ball becomes ripped. The umpire decides that it is unfit and calls for another. The Kekiongas‚ winning at the time 6-3‚ refuse to allow another ball to be used and refuse to continue to the game because of the reputation of the Haymakers using illegal balls in the past. The umpire (Isaac Leroy or Ed Tighe depending on the source), after five full minutes of ordering Fort Wayne back on the field, calls the game a 9–0 forfeit in favor of the Haymakers.

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At the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, Alexander Cartwright’s New York Knickerbockers and the New York Nine play the very first organized baseball game

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On June 19, 1846 At the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, Alexander Cartwright’s New York Knickerbockers and the New York Nine play the very first organized baseball game. The contest is proclaimed to be the very first ever game played in public using Cartwright’s rules.  New York Ball Club defeats the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, 23 – 1 (some sources…