1867 Eureka, Newark (Eurekas)

This rendering is based on written documentation for uniform style and color. No visual documentation is known and an artist’s conceptualization is used to create the rendering.

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Visual documentation on this uniform:
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Written documentation on this uniform:
May 16, 1867, Eureka, Newark, v. Irvington, NJ, at Irvington: “When the ‘boys in blue’—the Eurekas donning their new uniform on the occasion, viz. dark blue pants, light blue checked shirts with light blue caps with coral trimmings—took their place in the field, they presented a very handsome appearance, the blue forming a pretty contrast to the bright green of the turf.” From the New York Clipper, May 18, 1867. Research from John Zinn. Game date from Marshall D. Wright, The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870 (2000).

Team genealogy: Eureka, Newark, 1860-1868
Eureka was formed in Newark, NJ, before the 1860 season and subsequently joined the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP), baseball’s first organization operating 1857-1870. Eureka chose to remain amateur with the era of open professionalism approaching and subsequently played their last competitive games in 1868. Information from John G Zinn, Peter Morris and others, Base Ball Founders (2013).