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The American College Base Ball Association was the first attempt to organize play of college baseball between several elite northeastern universities in the United States. Formed in 1879 in order to regulate the use of professional and graduate players, the original members were: Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard, and Princeton. Yale would join in 1881, while Williams entered in 1882.. The conference lasted until splitting in 1887.

Simmering resentments over players in college games who also played on professional teams came to a head after J. Lee Richmond led Brown to a championship in 1879 while also under contract with the Worcester Worcesters. Richmond threw a no-hitter on June 2, 1879 for Worcester, and then led Brown against Yale on June 9.