1865 AMERICAN NATIONAL GAME OF BASEBALL 12X16 POSTER-ELYSIAN FIELDS BIRTHPLACE

Description: 1865 AMERICAN NATIONAL GAME OF BASEBALL 12X16 POSTER-ELYSIAN FIELDS BIRTHPLACE This is a reproduction print of the 1865 FIRST AMERICAN GAME BASEBALL POSTER-at ELYSIAN FIELDS, Hoboken, New Jersey. It's great! It measures 12 X 16 inches. This is printed on thick 100 pound card stock paper. Very High Quality! In mint condition. You will love this one! It would look great framed! I will ship in a tube for safety. (Note: ONLYCLASSICS- WEB-IMAGE print-does not appear on product-only on scan) Thanks for looking!..p1815-12x16Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey is believed to be the site of the first organized baseball game, giving Hoboken a strong claim to be the birthplace of baseball. In 1845, Knickerbocker Club of New York City began using Elysian Fields in Hoboken to play baseball due to the lack of suitable grounds across the Hudson River in Manhattan. On June 19, 1846, the Knickerbockers played the New York Nine on these grounds in the first organized game between two clubs. By the 1850's, several Manhattan-based member clubs of the National Association of Base Ball Players were using the grounds as their home field. In 1856, Elysian Fields was the place that inspired pioneering journalist Henry Chadwick, then a cricket writer for the New York Times, to develop the idea that baseball could be America's National Pastime. As Chadwick relates: "I chanced to go through Elysian Fields during the progress of a contest between the noted Eagle and Gotham Clubs. The game was being sharply played on both sides, and I watched it with deeper interest that any previous ball match between clubs I had seen. It was not long before I was struck with the idea that base ball was just the game for a national sport for Americans." Chadwick went on to become the game's preeminent reporter developing baseball's statistics and scoring system. For his contributions he became known as "The Father of Baseball." Early baseball game played at Elysian Fields, Hoboken (Currier & Ives lithograph).In 1865, the grounds hosted a championship match between the Mutual Club of New York and the Atlantic Club of Brooklyn that was attended by an estimated 20,000 fans and captured in the Currier & Ives lithograph "The American National Game of Base Ball". With the construction of two significant baseball parks in Brooklyn enclosed by fences, enabling promoters there to charge admission to games, the prominence of Elysian Fields began to diminish. In 1868, the leading Manhattan club, the New York Mutuals, shifted its home games to the Union Grounds in Brooklyn. In 1880, the founders of the New York Metropolitans and New York Giants finally succeeded in siting a ballpark on Manhattan that became known as the Polo Grounds. The last recorded professional baseball game at Elysian Fields occurred in 1873. The large parkland area was eventually developed for housing. A small remnant of the park remains, on 11th Street, with a plaque denoting its connection to early baseball. Pay with PAYPAL-you can charge it! MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover and your Checking Bank Card We offer FREE SHIPPING on all United States addresses with NO QUANTITY LIMITS. We also offer International Shipping-Pay first items shipping and it is NO COST for each additional item when shipped in the same package (NO QUANTITY LIMITS). Photos and smaller prints are shipped in a stiff photo mailer. Larger Prints and Posters are shipped in a heavy duty mailing tube. We take great care in shipping our merchandise. *Bid with confidence - we have over 75,000 POSITIVE ratings and growing!To Help You Narrow Your Search On What I Have - Scroll Down To Find My Categories (on the left hand side of my listings). You can also Hit my Store Icon *OnlyClassics Photo and Paper* on the top of this page - that will take you to my store where near the top is a "search my store box" where you can type in key words to help you find what I have available you might be interested in. With thousands of items to look at -you won't be disappointed!You may be interested in our other eBay listings. No COPYRIGHT expressed or implied. Sold as collectible only. Minnesota residents please add 7.275% Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

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