Crescent Club of Sycamore

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Nick Name Crescent
Earliest Known Date March 1867
Location Sycamore, IL, United States
Description

The Chicago Tribune, July 27, 1867, has an extensive article on the State base ball convention. Among the teams sending delegates were the Crescent of Sycamore.

The Sycamore True Republican, April 9, 1870 notes that the Crescent Club is reorganizing. Same, May 25, 1870 has an article and box score of a game played at Sycamore "last Friday" in which the Prairie Club of Riley beat the Crescent of Sycamore 39-27.

The Chicago Tribune, July 17, 1870, has a long letter to the editor from the Potter Palmer club of Chicago, complaining that at a recent game against the Crescents of Sycamore, the Palmers left the field even though they were winning, to protest "the most outrageously unfair umpiring, the stupidity or knavery of which was not exceeded even by the notorious Philadelphia arrangement." The Sycamore True Republican, July 16, 1870, disagrees, charging that the Palmers left the field in the 8th inning because they knew they were going to be beaten, and used the ump as an excuse, blaming "two or three low fellows" on the Palmers for their quitting.

They played a home and home series with the Blackhawks of Aurora in 1868, losing both times.

Sources

The Chicago Tribune, July 27, 1867, Aug. 28, 1901

Comment

For more on early Sycamore baseball, see the Sycamore True Republican, Jan. 20, 1906. The old Crescent Club formed an association that year, to keep the memories of the club alive.

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Sycamore, IL
Entry Origin Sabrpedia

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