Clipping:An experimental game in Cincinnati
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| Date | Saturday, September 10, 1881 |
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| Text | The first game of base ball seen here for many months was played yesterday afternoon on the Star Grounds between the Athletics, a non-league club, of Philadelphia, and the Buckeyes, of this city. The day was beautiful, and the grounds were in excellent condition, and had the game been properly advertised, or brought to the notice of the public, there would undoubtedly have been a great outpouring of the lovers of this ever popular sport, but as it was, just 181 people were on the grounds. In fact, so poorly was the affair managed that the great base ball enthusiast, and President of the corporation owning the grounds, Mr. Justis Thorner, though engaged in business only two squares from the ball field, had heard nothing of the game, or the intention of the clubs to play, until about the middle of the eighth inning, and only arrived at the grounds as the contest was nearing its close. ... ... The game was in fact an experiment. The Athletics were on their way from St. Louis, where they had recently played, to Pittsburg to meet the Detroits, and being compelled to stop over here for the day, it was decided to get up a match between them and the Buckeyes, it being further understood that if our base ball lovers manifested any interest in the matter to have them return to this city in two weeks and play a series of games on these same grounds. As it was, the affair was badly managed, or rather not managed at all, as no one could be found on the grounds who would acknowledge himself as the prime mover in the affair. President Thorner has now taken the matter in hand, and in a fortnight the Athletics will return, and several very interesting games may be looked for. The Athletics are a fine looking and manly set of fellows, and aside from their good playing, quickly captivated the spectators by their genteel behavior. |
| Source | Cincinnati Gazette |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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