# McQuade's Racket and Hand Ball Court

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- Address as printed: 404 Madison Street, New York

## Dated facts

- 3 September 1874: McQuade's Racket and Hand Ball Court, 404 Madison Street, New York, where a rackets match was played; the Herald called it, as a racket court, 'the only place of the kind now in the city, and in fact the only one of any importance in the country' Source: [The New York Herald (New York), 4 September 1874, p. 5](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1874-09-04/ed-1/?sp=5)
- 22 February 1876: New York handball and racket players elect a provisional committee (Metropolitan Committee) at McQuade's court to hold an international tournament and form a permanent national organization to supervise the game Source: [The New York Herald (New York), 5 March 1876, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1876-03-05/ed-1/?sp=6) (OCR lines 381-430)

## Sources

- [The New York Herald (New York), 4 September 1874, p. 5](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1874-09-04/ed-1/?sp=5)
- [The New York Herald (New York), 5 March 1876, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1876-03-05/ed-1/?sp=6) (OCR lines 381-430)

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