Vintage Baseball Played at New Bridge Landing

Vintage Baseball returned to Historic New Bridge Landing Saturday when the Flemington Neshanock Base Ball Club played the Hoboken Nine in an exciting doubleheader that brought out approximately 300 spectators.

Kevin Wright, historian and Patch blogger, wrote in his blog, At the Old Ball Game, 
the Fearless Baseball Club of New Bridge was organized in July 1881, with Frederick Heine as Captain and Peter Cole as Secretary. Fred Heine, born in New York in 1854, was the son of Carl George Frederick Heine, a German immigrant, who was the popular proprietor of the New Bridge Inn. On July 30, 1881, Heine’s team defeated the Pioneers of Schraalenburgh with a score of 56 to 21. On August 22nd, the Hackensack Baseball Club defeated the Fearless Club at New Bridge, 16 to 2. Captain Heine, of the Fearless Nine, disputed the decision of an empire regarding a fair ball. He consequently lost a dollar bet with the umpire when the rulebook was consulted and Captain Heine was proven wrong in his opinion. On August 27th, the Tenafly Club defeated the Fearless Baseball Club of New Bridge, 21 to 16.

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