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Charlton's Baseball Chronology - 1864
June
| June 27 |
The Atlantics play their first game of the season‚ beating the Mutuals‚ 26-16. These 2 teams are the favorites for the championship. |
| June 30 |
The Atlantics and the Empire Club meet for the first time since 1856. Frequent rain interrupts the game‚ which ends in a 5-5 tie after 5 innings. |
July
| July 1 |
The Gothams and Eagles meet for the first time with the Gothams winning‚ 22-16‚ in a brisk 2 hours. The game marks the first appearance of George Wright‚ 17-year-old catcher for Gotham. His brother Harry plays 1B. |
| July 6 |
The Atlantics play their strongest game ever‚ both in batting and fielding‚ defeating a strong Nassau club‚ 42-7. Dickey Pearce is the catcher for the Atlantics‚ having slowed down too much to play SS. He'll return to SS in the future and end his 22-year-long career in 1877. |
| July 21 |
At Newark‚ the Champion Eckfords play their first match of the year with 2 new players‚ Pinkham‚ a pitcher and Wes Fisler‚ an infielder from Philadelphia. The Eckfords win 37-22‚ their only win in 5 games this year. According to custom‚ if the Champion refuses to honor a challenge to a match‚ it is treated the same as a forfeit. |
| July 30 |
The Resolute Club of Brooklyn winds up a 3 day visit to Philadelphia by losing‚ 24-23‚ to the Olympic Club. The Resolutes lost on the 28th to the Athletics‚ 29-12 and beat Camden yesterday 14-13. |
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The Atlantic Club plays the Stars of Brooklyn at the Stars grounds in the first "fly-game" match the Atlantics have ever played. The Atlantics prevail 35-16 and will win the rematch on August 4 by a similar‚ 35-17. |
August
| August 11 |
The Atlantics of Brooklyn finish a 4-game series in Philadelphia‚ beating the Athletics‚ 43-16. The visitors whipped Camden‚ 64-10 on the 8th‚ beat the Keystone Club‚ 65-10 on the 9th‚ and 58-11 over the 30-year-old Olympic Club yesterday. |
| August 23 |
Atlantic plays Gotham for the first time in 6 years. Dickey Pearce misses the match due to the death of his child this morning. The Atlantics score 4 unneeded runs in the 9th and prevail‚ 14-9. |
September
| September 12 |
The return match between the 2 rival clubs for the championship is played on the Capitoline Grounds in Bedford with the Atlantics whipping the Mutuals‚ 21-16. The Atlantics have yet to defeat last year's champs‚ the Eckfords‚ but the Ecks do not accept the Atlantic's challenges and thus acknowledge defeat. The Atlantics will end this year at 20-0. |
October
| October 13 |
The Atlantic nine of 1860 plays this season's Atlantic nine in a benefit match for the new first baseman‚ Joe Start. Bad weather keeps the attendance down at the Capitoline Grounds in Bedford as the 1864 team beats the old-timers‚ 19-11. |
December
| December 14 |
The 8th annual meeting of the National Association of Base Ball Players is held at Clinton Hall with 30 clubs in attendance. The rules committee recommends adoption of the "?y game‚" making bounced outs in fair territory illegal and it will be adopted for next season as the "regular" game. |
