Waverly Fairgrounds or Waverly Park was the home of the Elizabeth Resolutes baseball club. The Elizabeth Resolutes were a 19th century Baseball team based in Elizabeth New Jersey. The Resolutes participated in the National Association 1873 season, so Waverly is considered a major league ballpark by those who count the NA as a major league. The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP or simply the National Association (NA was founded in 1871 and lasted through the 1875 season Baseball The champion Boston Red Stockings win another one Canadian Football The Toronto Argonauts Whether to cover the National Association as a major league is a recurring and crucial matter of difference in historical work on American Baseball &mdashthat is
The park was located in a community called Waverly, which was bordered by Lower Road, Haynes Avenue, and Frelinghuysen Street. The site is now split by Weequahic Park in Newark[1] and B'nai Jeshuron Cemetery in Elizabeth. Weequahic Park is a park located in the south ward of Newark New Jersey. Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, United States and the County seat of Essex County. Elizabeth is a city in Union County, New Jersey, in the United States. [2]
The Resolutes played all of eight games at Waverly, all losses, during their forlorn 2-21 season.
References
- ^ Post-Roth Newark, The New York Times, October 15, 2004
- ^ Waverly Fairgrounds, Project Ballpark, accessed February 6, 2007
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