Clipping:The ball grounds in Norwich, Connecticut
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| Date | Sunday, July 29, 1866 |
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| Text | ...a prettier ground it would be harder to find. It very much resembles the Eagle ground at Hoboken, except that it is level, and the trees are wider apart and not so numerous, streets forming the boundary on three sides of it. ... The...grounds can be greatly improved by removing the home-base back about fifty feet, thereby giving more space at left and right fields... The absence of chalk-lines, too, was noticeable. The rules positively require these at all match-games. ... [On the same grounds the next day:] A larger crowd than that of the day previous was in attendance, but in character it was not up to the mark of the attendance at the Uncas match, although thorough order was maintained throughout. The arrangements, however, were very poor, the crowd encroaching on the scorers and reporters until they were almost excluded from a sight of the game, and the roads on each side of the ground were so blocked up by vehicles that it was impossible for the left or right fielders to attend to any balls knocked beyond the trees. This is the only drawback to the ground, and this will partially be remedied by moving the home-base back... |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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