The Knickerbocker Field Club is a true hidden ... And it’s partly that it’s so New York.” Her husband Reid adds, “There are no fancy pretensions. People like to play tennis.

KNICKERBOCKER CANOE CLUB. Share full article. Jan. 12, 1883. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from January 12, 1883, Page 5 Buy Reprints.

As laid out on the club's website ... with an 1840s baseball team going by the New York Knickerbockers or the Knickerbocker Nine. And just over 100 years later, when the Basketball Association ...