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| Date | Sunday, September 12, 1869 |
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| Text | During the Western and Southern tour of the Haymaker baseball Club, from Lansingburg, they were matched for two games at Baltimore–one with the Pastime Club, and one on the day succeeding with the Maryland Club. The first-named was only an ordinarily skillful nine; the other was made up of superior players, and was considered the champion club of the south. The First meeting took place, and the Haymakers were defeated. At every point the Pastimes outbatted and outfielded them, showing superior play in every respect. Baltimoreans looked on with contempt, and wondered how such a club had ever achieved a reputation for superior skill. If the Pastimes could vanquish them, the Marylanders would white wash them on almost every inning. Consequently, betting upon the game of the next day was made with large odds in favor of the Maryland Club, which the friends of the Haymakers were not slow in taking. When the contest with the Marylands took place, the Haymakers presented altogether a different front. Their pitching, catching, batting, and fielding were all of the most excellent character–absolutely without mistakes. At the close of the game, the champion Southern organization, whose Baltimore friends had so confidently anticipated its easy victory, was found to be beaten two to one. It was then discovered that the Haymakers had deliberately allowed themselves to be vanquished by the Pastimes on the day previous, as a gambling manoeuvrre, and with the object of securing long odds in the betting upon the other match. New York Sunday Mercury September 12, 1869 quoting the Albany Evening Journal [compare with PSM 8/16/1868] |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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