Excelsior Club of Brooklyn v Atlantic Club of Brooklyn on 19 July 1860
| Date of Game | Thursday, July 19, 1860 |
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| Location | Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, United States |
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| Field | Add Field Page Excelsior grounds at the foot of Court St. |
| Home Team | Excelsior Club of Brooklyn |
| Away Team | Atlantic Club of Brooklyn |
| Score | 23 - 4 |
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| Description | (BDE (1): “This match will create unusual interest, as it will decide which Club is entitled to the distinction of being perhaps the ‘first nine in America.’ “) (BDE (2): “The approaching contest between these crack clubs of Brooklyn—and that is as good as saying the crack clubs of the States—excites the utmost interest in the ball playing community, and we expect to see collected on the occasion one of the largest assemblages ever seen on a ball ground. … The Excelsiors will have a large police force in attendance, and perfect order will be preserved and a clear field kept. The club houses, from which a fine view of the game can be had, have been preserved for lady visitors, and every accommodation will be afforded for all of them who may grace the scene with their ever-welcome presence, and it will be a sight well worth the witnessing. … The Atlantics now wear the “belt,” and this contest will be a regular battle for the championship; for if the Excelsiors fail to defeat the champions this time, it is pretty certain no other Club is going to do it this season. Those interested in base ball playing in other cities will be here in large numbers.”) (BDE (3) & SOT: “This long-talked of match came off yesterday …. There were probably seven or eight thousand persons present during the game, including all the prominent Base Ball players in this vicinity. Heretofore the Atlantics have been acknowledged the champion club of Brooklyn, yesterday however the Excelsiors beat them badly. From the play of the latter club on several recent occasions this was not unexpected, but much disappointment was felt in the complete one sidedness of the game. … For a month or more the Base Ball public has been alive with interest concerning this great match. At an early hour the crowd commenced congregating, and when the game commenced there could not have been less than five or six thousand persons present. The greatest excitement prevailed, and betting stood 10 to 8 on the Atlantic Club. The Atlantics were not up to their usual play in any one point, missing balls on the fly and bound, overthrowing and misbatting. The result of the game was an entire disappointment to the large crowd in attendance, judging from their moving away like a solemn funeral procession after the game was over. We have seen the Atlantics in almost every principal game which they have experienced for some years, and we do assert, without any fear of contradiction, that the ‘Bedford Boys’ never played so poorly. But on the part of the Excelsior Club, they never played so well.) (NYT: [long description of game] (NYC: “An immense assemblage of spectators collected … to witness the first of a series of home-an-home contests this season between the Atlantic and Excelsior clubs, the former being known as the champion club of the State, from never having been defeated in any series of matches since their organization; and the latter being equally prominent from the result of their tour through the western part of the State, during which they successfully encountered the strongest clubs of Albany, Troy, Buffalo, Rochester, and Newburg, playing and winning six matches, and traveling over a thousand miles within ten days, a feat unequalled in the annals of the game. … this season the general play of the [Atlantics] has not been as good as that of last year, and we have noticed occasionally of late, a perceptible falling off in the ability that has hitherto been characteristic of their play. The absence of their regular captain and catcher, Mr. Boerum, who went to Europe this spring, has undoubtedly caused a difference, and the several unfortunate occurrences that have, to an extent, disabled their principal players is another prominent cause; but we have also observed that there has been but one occasion previous to their contest with the Excelsiors, wherein there had been any necessity for any unusual display of skill, and hence a relaxed state of discipline has been induced that has had an unnerving effect. We therefore would suggest to the Atlantics the necessity of their at once introducing a prompt reform in this respect, by giving more attention to the practice requisite to ensure success, and by such efforts alone are they likely to bring about a favorable issue to the second contest of the series, …”) |
| Sources | (1) “City News and Gossip: Base Ball—The Excelsiors,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 165 (13 Jul 1860), p. 3, col. 2 (2) “City News and Gossip: Base Ball—Atlantic vs. Excelsior—Grand Match of the Season,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 167 (16 Jul 1860), p. 3, col. 2 (3) “City News and Gossip: Base Ball—Excelsiors vs. Atlantic,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 171 (20 Jul 1860), p. 3, col. 1 (4) “Base Ball: Excelsior vs. Atlantic—The Excelsiors Victorious—The Champion Club Beaten,” NYT, vol. 9, no. 2755 (20 Jul 1860), p. 8, cols. 4-5 (5) “Excelsior vs. Atlantic: The Match for the Championship,” NYC, vol. 8, no. 14 (21 Jul 1860), p. 108, col. [xx] (6) “Base Ball—Excelsior vs. Atlantic,” SOT, vol. 30, no. 25 (28 Jul 1860), p. 304, col. 1 (7) “Grand Match of the Season: Excelsior vs. Atlantic,” NYC, vol. 8, no. 15 (28 Jul 1860), p. 116, col. [xx] [TBI – NOT YET SEEN] (8) Peverelly, pp. 55 & 63 (9) Wright, pp. 44 & 45 |
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| Found by | Craig Waff |
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| Entry Origin Url | http://protoball.org/Games Tab:Greater New York City#date1860-7-19 |
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