Clipping:The Excelsiors engage a steamer
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| Date | Thursday, June 29, 1871 |
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| Text | No base ball club arranges more thoroughly enjoyable excursion parties than the Excelsiors of this city. In the first place, knowing that they have a high social reputation to sustain, they never forget to be gentlemen while out on their excursion, which so many members of pleasure parties only too frequently do; and secondly they arrange things in first-rate style, and with an eye to thorough gentlemanly pleasure. On the Fourth of July, as will be seen by the appended club circular, the Excelsiors intend having a pleasant time up the Hudson, and this time they will go in for a right merry old-fashioned game of ball with a country nine. The circular of the excursion is as follows: EXCELSIOR BASE BALL CLUB, 201 Montague street. The club having decided to visit Haverstraw, on the Fourth of July, to play the Spartan Base Ball Club of that place, have engaged a steamer for the use of members and their friends, and fixed the assessment $5.00 each. If you intend accompanying us, please communicate with the committee at once. {signed} Wm. H. Slater, E. P. Davis, H. S. Jewell, D. Chauncey, Jr., M. B. Sweet, Committee Brooklyn Eagle June 29, 1871 alleged counterfeit balls [Athletic vs. Haymakers 6/28/1871] The Haymakers introduced a lively ball, calling it a dead ball, but it worked rather disadvantageously against them, as the score will show. The Haymakers should know by this time that when they spring a lively ball on the Athletics, they have no equal in the country as batsmen. Evening City Item June 29, 1871 [Athletic vs. Haymakers 6/28/1871] The Haymakers had presented what they claimed was a Van Horn dead ball, but it was quickly evidenced that the globule must have had a lively resurrection, for at the slightest tip it flew around in a manner that made it dangerous to handle. Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch July 2, 1871 Quite a number of counterfeit Van Horn balls are in the market. One of these was sold to one of our local clubs week ago, and it was found to be a ball of last year’s make. Mr. Van Horn has not placed a ball in the market this year that was not the regulation size and weight, with but one ounce of rubber in it. As down-town dealers are trying to crowd Van Horn’s balls out of the reach of the clubs, we have permitted him to keep a supply of them on sale at this office. New York Sunday Mercury July 2, 1871 The following is the communication from Jr. Joseph Egoll, Director of the Haymaker Club, of Troy, received by Mr. Van Horn: “Some time in the fore part of June, Mr. A. L. Hotchkin, of the Haymaker B.B.C., of Troy, telegraphed you to send him one dozen of your regulation dead balls. They were received, and our club commenced to use them in every game we played; first with the Athletics, of Philadelphia. They defeated our club, but claim, on account of the large score–49 to 33–that we put in a lively ball on them. They took the ball home with them, stating that they would cut it open and find out how much rubber there was in it; but in their lively-ball report they do not state the weight of the rubber. Second game played for the championship with your ball was with the Mutuals, of New York, on Monday last. During the game Dickey Pierce, and other players of the Mutuals, said there was over an ounce of rubber in the ball. I offered to bet $100 to $50 that there was not an ounce of rubber in it, and the ball should be cut open at the end of the game. It happened to be too lively for the combination nine, and they were defeated. Dickey got the ball on the last man out, and was going to keep it. I, after hard work, got the ball in my possession and gave it to Chapman, the umpire of the game, and had him cut it open, and he weighed the rubber. It was a trifle less than one ounce. I send you three pieces of rubber by express. No 1 was in the ball of the Mutual game. No. 2 was used in a practice game. No. 3 out of a Ryan dead ball. You will please return them to me. We would as soon use one ball as another, but we want the best regulation ball, and therefore adopted yours to play with on our grounds.” Mr. Van Horn desires us to say that there is no foundation for the statement in the Clipper that he has asserted that the balls used by the Haymaker Club were of his last year’s manufacture. On the contrary, the balls received by the Haymaker’s from him were made exactly according to the regulation size and weight, and as dead as one ounce of rubber can make them. New York Sunday Mercury July 9, 1871 |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
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