Clipping:The state of the game in Philadelphia

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Date Saturday, August 6, 1864
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Base ball this season has flourished more than it has done since the war began, and especially has it thus far been lively in Philadelphia. The fact is the Philadelphians are rapidly taking high rank as practical illustrators of the attractive features of the game, and if there was only a little more harmony between the leading organizations and less of that striving to win games at any cost, which leads them to adopt the cricketers plan of playing men in matches who belong to two clubs, they would be still further in advance than they now are even. One of the prominent causes of this improvement in the game is the custom of interchanging visits with the New York and Brooklyn clubs. Before the Philadelphians first visited the metropolis they were, as ball players, about as amateur a set as any place out of New York could produce, but their trips to this city resulted in a marked and rapid improvement, and in the short period of two seasons they had advanced so much in a practical knowledge of the game as to be considered sufficiently strong in individual skill as to export players to fill up the ranks of some of our best clubs, and this season has witnessed two examples of this kind, one being the strengthening of the Eureka nine with Theo. Bomeisler of Olympic club, and of the noted Eckford nine with Fisler, formerly of the Adriatic, but lately of the Camden club, Pratt of the Athletic being elected to fill the prominent position in the Atlantic nine; and before the expiration of the present season we shall no doubt see matches played in which the Philadelphians for the first time will “put in an appearance” as able contestants in the series of championship games now in progress in this vicinity.

Source New York Clipper
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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