Clipping:The scene of the big game
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| Date | Tuesday, October 23, 1866 |
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| Text | [Atlantics vs. Athletics 10/22/1866] The crowd was not kept away—not even by the unheard of price of one dollar admission which was charged for entrance to the grounds. The Athletics had determined that the fiasco of the last attempt of the Atlantics to play with them in Philadelphia should not be repeated, and made the most complete arrangements to provide a clear field. A stout fence, eleven feet high, had been erected, completely enclosing the grounds; and, after much persuasion and promising to pay for their services, a competent force of police was secured. The consequence was that the field was kept perfectly clear, while those within the grounds enjoyed an uninterrupted view of the game. … Every available point of sight within the ground was occupied, and yet the great majority of the spectators were outside the fence. The roadway in Columbia avenue and fifteenth street was likewise a dense mass of lookers-on, who were satisfied with a distnat view and saving their dollars. A number of express wagons and other vehicles were posted on Fifteenth street, the owners of which derived considerable profit from the sale of seats at fifty cents a head. But probably the best view of all was obtained by the dead-heads in the many adjacent trees in the neighboring lots, in which the boys and men roosted for at least four hours, in order to get a good view. The total number of spectators is estimated at from ten to fifteen thousand. … One of those enterprising Yankees who always turn up with a new advertising dodge, was on hand on this occasion with neat blank scores, on the reverse side of which appeared his car. The crowd indulged its humors in scrambling for them, as they were thrown up for the wind to distribute. |
| Source | New York World |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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