Clipping:The revived Olympic Club
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| Date | Sunday, July 1, 1883 |
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| Text | The new grounds of the Olympic club at Eighteenth and Cumberland streets were formally opened on Friday. The ground has been nicely laid out and every improvement possible made. Grand stand and open seats have been erected, and in many respects it is one of the best arranged grounds in the country. At the reunion Friday the members indulged in an exciting game of base ball. The nines were called respectively number one and number to, and consisted of the following twenty-six gentlemen... The older members performed some remarkable work at the bat. Messrs. Richards, Borie and Clay making each four base hits. At the conclusion of the fifth innings the members sat down to a collation in the hotel adjoining the grounds. Mr. Benjamin Dusenberry, in an address, related several instances of the old town ball days in the early period of the club's organization. Mr. Henry Clay, president of the club, also made a brief address. There are but six of the original members of the club still living. Their names are as follows: Robert Lindsay, Robert P. McCullagh, William Hart Carr, W. Kirk Wills, Joseph Mort, Colonel P. C. Ellmaker. |
| Source | Philadelphia Sunday Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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