Enterprise Club of Brooklyn v Hamilton Club of Brooklyn on 1 August 1860
| Date of Game | Wednesday, August 1, 1860 |
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| Location | Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, United States |
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| Field | Add Field Page Hamilton grounds at the corner of Gates and Grand avenues |
| Home Team | Enterprise Club of Brooklyn |
| Away Team | Hamilton Club of Brooklyn |
| Score | 26 - 10 |
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| Innings | 5 |
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| Description | (5 innings) (BDE: “The game was delayed very much by the want of punctuality on the part of several of the Hamilton nine, three of whom did not ‘put in an appearance’ at all, as it was, the game did not begin until half past 4, and then the Hamiltons had to select three substitutes, from members of other clubs, to fill the places of Maxon, Davenport, and I. E. Dorf, those chosen being F. Biggs, of the Pastime; G. Holt, of the Henry Eckford; and Payne, of the Morphy Club; three very good players, Holt especially, being a fine fielder, and a first class batsman. The Enterprise Club liberally permitted this arrangement rather than not have a full field, and we were a little surprised to see the Hamilton’s take advantage of it as they did, for when two or three of their members—not the players selected, however—came on the ground, before the game was over, they still retained the substitutes in the field, instead of promptly replacing them. It would have been far better to have taken the field with six men, let the result be what it would. We like to see the rules of the National Association adhered to better, and the action of the Hamilton on this occasion was in direct violation of them. … If the Hamilton had had a good team on hand the game would have been a far more interesting one, as it was its mongrel character destroyed the interest of it entirely, as far as their play was concerned.”) (NYT: “after over an hour’s delay, caused by the absence of several of the Hamiltons, the above clubs began a game.”) (NYC: “The [Hamiltons] were very short-handed, only six of their players being on the ground. To make up the game, however, the Enterprise club liberally allowed them to select substitutes for the absent players, and Messrs. Biggs, G. Holt, and Payne were chosen to play. This is a bad precedent to adopt, and we trust it will be the last time it occurs. If the members of a nine appointed to play in a match cannot be present, and there are none of the members of the club to take their places, either give up the ball or play short-handed, but never violate the rules, even by the consent of your opponents, by playing members of other clubs.”) |
| Sources | (1) “Base Ball: Enterprise vs. Hamilton,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 182 (2 Aug 1860), p. 2, col. 4 (2) “Base Ball: Enterprise of Bedford vs. Hamilton of Brooklyn,” NYT, vol. 9, no. 2766 (2 Aug 1860), p. 1, col. 6 [box score of 24-8] (3) “Enterprise vs. Hamilton,” NYC, vol. 8, no. 17 (11 Aug 1860), p. 132, col. [xx] (4) Wright, p. 49 |
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| Found by | Craig Waff |
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| Entry Origin | Games Tab |
| Entry Origin Url | http://protoball.org/Games Tab:Greater New York City#date1860-8-1 |
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