Atlantic Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 29 October 1860
| Date of Game | Monday, October 29, 1860 |
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| Location | Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, United States |
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| Field | Putnam grounds |
| Home Team | Atlantic Club of Brooklyn |
| Away Team | Eckford Club of Brooklyn |
| Score | 20 - 11 |
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| Description | (home-and-home game) (BDE (1): This game “will be played very shortly on neutral ground, and will attract an immense number of spectators, and serve as an enthusiastic and spirited finale of the base ball season of 1860.”) (BDE (2): “The Eckford and Atlantic Clubs play their home and home match this afternoon at East New York. From the high reputation of these clubs the contest is likely to prove a most interesting one.”) (BDE (3): “ … the match came off … in the presence of not less than six thousand people, …. On this occasion the utmost order marked the conduct of the large assemblage present, and a perfectly clear field was preserved through the efficient services of a large posse of police under the command of Superintendent Folk. The spectators, however, on this occasion were not as pecuniarily interested in the result as they were in the contest between the Atlantics and Excelsiors, and hence the comparative quietness observed by the friends of the respective contestants, who can very readily stand by and witness an exciting match without interfering with the game, provided they have not ‘a fifty’ or ‘a hundred’ bet on the match. … Take it altogether, this contest was, we think, decidedly the best that has been played this season, and is a very appropriate termination to the most successful and exciting season known in the annals of the game.”) (NYC: “We would premise by stating that the result of the contests this season between the Atlanics and Excelsiors led them [sic: the] latter to withdraw entirely from the battle for the championship, … Whether we estimate this game by the play of the contestants, or in the excellent order preserved by the large and respectable assemblage collected on the ground, we equally find good cause for warm commendation.”) |
| Sources | (1) “Base Ball: Atlantic vs. Eckford,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 253 (23 Oct 1860), p. 3, col. 1 (2) “City News and Gossip: Base Ball,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 258 (29 Oct 1860), p. 3, col. 2 (3) “Base Ball: The Contest for the Championship—The Atlantics again Victorious,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 259 (30 Oct 1860), p. 3, cols. 2-3 (4) “Grand Match for the Championship: Atlantic vs. Eckford: The Atlantics Victorious,” NYC, vol. 8, no. 30 (10 Nov 1860), p. 237, col. [xx] (5) Peverelly, pp. 63 & 74 [latter page places game at Greenpoint] (6) Wright, pp. 45 & 45 |
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| Found by | Craig Waff |
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| Entry Origin | Games Tab |
| Entry Origin Url | http://protoball.org/Games Tab:Greater New York City#date1860-10-29 |
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