1861.44
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Optimism Despite War
| Salience | Peripheral |
|---|---|
| Tags | Civil War, Newspaper CoverageCivil War, Newspaper Coverage |
| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
| City/State/Country: | NYC, NY, USA |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | |
| Holiday | |
| Notables | |
| Text | [A] "BASE BALL. The season which is now drawing to a close-- though its opening was not very propitious, owing to the breaking out of the existing rebellion, and the consequent diversion of the minds of all classes to matters of serious import-- has been characterized by a number of very interesting matches, and has afforded some very pleasant entertainment...Though no marked improvement was evidenced in the general playing of the past season, nearly every club has come up to the standard of the preceding year, while several...have presented stronger nines than they have ever before put into the field." [B] "...the base ball season of 1861...has really been a very interesting year in the annals of the game, far more so than it was expected it would have been in the early part of it; but the game has too strong a foothold in popularity to be frowned out of favor by the lowering brows of 'grim-visaged war,' and if any proof was needed that our national game is a fixed institution of the country, it would be found in the fact that it has flourished through such a year of adverse circumstances..." |
| Sources | [A] New York Sunday Mercury, Nov. 17, 1861 [B] New York Clipper, Jan. 11, 1862 |
| Warning | |
| Comment | The sporting weeklys' optimism ignores the great decline in the number of clubs and games both in Greater New York City and in the cities to which the game had spread by the end of 1860. In most places interclub play ceased. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | Bob Tholkes |
| Submission Note | 4/1/2014 |
| Has Supplemental Text |
1861.44 Optimism Despite War"
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