Clipping:The Irvington Club furore

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Date	Sunday, July 22, 1866
Text	[Irvington vs. Athletic 7/17/1866] The sudden erratic Excelsior march of the Irvington, recently erected a great sensation in the Base Ball world. Emerging from comparative obscurity, and securing the first trophy the Atlantic Club lost since 1863, and in a short time afterwards vanquishing the renowned Eckford, their organization necessarily attracted great attention from the aspirants to championship honors. The Athletic Club challenged them, which they promptly accepted, and on Tuesday last they visited our city full of overweening confidence, and having their actions clothed with a glorious prestige, that the realities of play dispersed and scatter as the fitful shadows play upon waters, coming and going with the changing clouds. An immense concourse greeted the strangers–to say they were disappointed, does not adequately express their feelings–grumbling and discontent were “household words” among the spectators, who formed great expectations, destined to be shattered in fragments as fragile as their judgments.
Source	Philadelphia Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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