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| Date | Saturday, June 27, 1868 |
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| Text | [Athletic vs. Rockford 6/18/1868] After the game with the Excelsiors, which was witnessed by the Forest City Club, the Athletics were informed by the Rockford players that they would have to play a sharper game with them to come off victorious. Several of their players intimated that the Athletics would not run the bases in the dare-devil style they did on the Excelsior match. They boasted that they were all experienced throwers and that it would be found a difficult matter to hit their pitcher. ... Arriving at the field a goodly company assembled, reviewed the men as they stepped upon the sward and engaged in throwing the ball around. Al. sent a ball wizzing to Fisler. “Oh, that’s nothing,” said a Rockford sharp, “wait until you see our chaps.” A brother chip, who does the sporting intelligence for on of the Chicago papers, immediately takes the Rockford man to account and offers to bet him even that the Forest City players have not got a player that can hold three balls out of five that either McBride, Cuthbert, or Fisler will throw from base to base. This was not accepted, but a great deal of “chin” follows, when the reportorial sport gets on a bet that the Rockford Club will be defeated; the same enthusiast before the first innings has closed has made bets on two and three to one, and after that at various stages of the game he offers odds of four, five and six to one, but no takers, the Rockford boys having put out their money on an even thing, and are sick and sore of their bargain; wild and almost incredulous inducements were held out to them to bet, but they would not accept; they had lost faith in the invincibility of their pet club and began to see that it was no match for the eastern party. ... The Athletics went in resolved to win and that by a big score. The friends of the Excelsiors wanted to see the Rockford Club thrashed, but they wanted it done thoroughly. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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