Clipping:The condition of the Baltimore grounds
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| Date | Saturday, May 18, 1872 |
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| Text | The Forest City club of Cleveland arrived in this city yesterday at noon. Their nine, like the Boston and Troy nines, are unanimous in their condemnation of the poor ground at Baltimore, and say that the Baltimore nine have a decided advantage over all visiting clubs by their acquaintance with the peculiarities of said ground. It appears that only the in-field is covered with turf, and that as soon as the ball touches the very hard gravelly surface outside of the base paths, it is almost impossible to judge its rebound. The out-field is also very uneven and full of ruts. The Athletics provide the ball, and a very dead one will perhaps counterbalance any advantage the Baltimores may have in being acquainted with the grounds. Evening City Item May 18, 1872 ...the Athletics and their friends proceeded to the ball-grounds, which they found had not been misrepresented to them. The in-field was good enough, but the out-field had not any turf on it, and the ground was so hard from want of watering that the ball sometimes bounded ten or fifteen feet in the air at a time. Philadelphia Sunday Mercury May 26, 1872 |
| Source | Evening City Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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