1859.45
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In Milwaukee, Base Ball is [Cold-] Brewing
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | EquipmentEquipment |
| Location | WisconsinWisconsin |
| City/State/Country: | Milwaukee, WI, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | [A]The first report of baseball being played in Milwaukee is found in the Thursday, December 1, 1859, Milwaukee Daily Sentinel. The paper wrote: "BASE BALL—This game, now so popular at the East, is about to be introduced in our own city. A very spirited impromptu match was played on the Fair Ground, Spring Street Avenue, yesterday afternoon six on a side..." [B] In April 1860, the Sentinel reported another "lively" game, and added, "The game is now fairly inaugurated in Milwaukee, and the first Base Ball Club in our City was organized last evening. Should the weather be fair, the return match will be played on the same ground, At 2 o'clock this (Thursday) afternoon." [C] Formation of the Milwaukee Club was announced in the New York Sunday Mercury on May 6, 1860; officers listed, [D] "Mr. J. W. Ledyard, of 161 E Water Street, who is now in New York...has kindly forwarded for the use of our Milwaukee Base Ball Club, six bats and twelve balls, made in New York, according to the regulations of the "National Association of Base Ball Clubs."
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| Sources | [A] Milwaukee Sentinel, December 1, 1859. [B] "Base Ball," Milwaukee Sentinel, April 3, 1860 [D] "Base Ball," Milwaukee Sentinel, June 13, 1860 |
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| Comment | There is no record of this Thursday match, but we have scores for matches on December 10 (33 to 23 in favor of Hathaway's club in 5 innings, with 9 on a side) and December 17 (54 to 33, again in favor of Hathaway's club with 5 innings played; with 10 men on each side listed in the box score). The last match was played in weather that "was blustering and patches of snow on the ground made it slippery and rather too damp for sharp play." These games took place at the State Fair Grounds, then located at North 13th and West Wisconsin Avenue. This is now part of the Marquette University Campus. The R. King in the box score is Rufus King, editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel. His grandfather, also Rufus King, was a signer of the American Constitution. Milwaukee's Rufus King was a brigadier general in the Civil War, and he would be Milwaukee's first superintendent of schools. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Dennis Pajot |
| Submission Note | March 2010 |
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1859.45 In Milwaukee, Base Ball is [Cold-] Brewing"
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