Clipping:A raid on Sunday ball players
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| Date | Tuesday, September 26, 1865 |
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| Text | On Sunday afternoon about 500 persons were assembled at Fox hill, back of the Elysian Fields, to witness the base-ball games that take place there on every pleasant Sunday. On the two Sabbaths previous, the ball-players were notified by the police that they must desist, to which they paid but little heed. Accordingly on Sunday afternoon, Captain Davis, of the Hoboken police, accompanied by the entire police force, made a descent upon the Sabbath breakers, and succeeded in capturing about twenty of the ball-players, and the balance of the crowd escaped in all directions, some of them leaving behind their hats, coats, and vests. The prisoners were taken before Recorder Avery and fined one dollar each and costs, and at the same time were informed that ball-playing in the city limits on the Sabbath hereafter would not be allowed. There was a general scraping up of stamps to liquidate the fines, and some of the fancy-looking individuals were under the necessity of putting up their watches as collateral in order to raise the money. |
| Source | New York World |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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