The first officially recorded, organized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_baseball_in_the_United_States" id="mwXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="History of baseball in the United States">baseball</a> game is played under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cartwright" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alexander Cartwright">Alexander Cartwright</a>'s rules on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoboken,_New_Jersey" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hoboken, New Jersey">Hoboken, New Jersey</a>'s Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23–1. Cartwright umpired.