Clipping:The condition of the National Club; the scene of the President's grounds; the state of the game
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| Date | Saturday, May 5, 1866 |
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| Text | They have erected a new club house, in conjunction with the Union Club, and their field is about a hundred yards more to the northward than before, and far better located. The National number over a hundred members, and applications for admission are on the increase. A full field is present every fine Monday, Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, at 4 P.M., at which hour the Departments close business and the employees take a bee line for the President’s grounds, which now present, every afternoon of the week, one of the liveliest scenes imaginable. One the left the National and Union Clubs play, on the right the Potomac and Jefferson Clubs have their field, and in the centre the Amateur and a new club are to play. In the centre of the grounds, the Washington and American Cricket Clubs pitch their wickets, and what with the half a dozen junior organizations who occupy all the spare ground on the margin, one can imagine what a crowd of ball players there are on the field every day. In fact, the way the balls fly in every direction is enough to remind a veteran of the army of the time when he found himself like the “six hundred” in the Crimea, who had “balls to the right of them, balls to the left of them.” The contrast between this time last year, when the game was comparatively unknown, and now, when there is a perfect furore for it, affords a very striking illustration of the popularity our national game has attained since the close of the war. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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