The New York Knickerbockers are a club of founded Baseball in 1845 with New York. It is this club, and in particular one of its members, Alexander Cartwright, who set up the first rules of modern baseball: “Knickerbocker Rules” which is quickly adopted by the other clubs. The first match disputed according to its new rules was played the June 19th 1846. Inventors of the play, Knickerbockers inclined 23-1 vis-a-vis the New York Nine. Before this date, several matches of test of the rules had already taken place. The October 6th 1845, for example, Knickerbockers play a part on three handles between various members of the club.

The ground of Knickerbockers was the Elysian Fields of Hoboken in the New Jersey, just opposite Manhattan.

With fifteen other clubs of New York and Brooklyn, they found the National Association off Base Ball Players in 1857.

External bond

• "Knickerbocker Bases Club" Ball; on Hickoksports.com