Excelsior Club of Brooklyn v Atlantic Club of Brooklyn on 23 August 1860
| Date of Game | Thursday, August 23, 1860 |
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| Location | Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, United States |
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| Field | Add Field Page Putnam grounds at Broadway and Greene Avenue or corner of Broadway and Gates Avenue or Broadway near Myrtle Avenue (NYT) or Gates and LaFayette avenues (NYT) |
| Home Team | Excelsior Club of Brooklyn |
| Away Team | Atlantic Club of Brooklyn |
| Score | 8 - 6 |
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| Innings | 5 |
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| Description | (5 innings – DRAWN GAME) BDE (1): “The third and final contest … is to take place at East New York on Thursday next, August 23. The Excelsior’s wished to play on that date, and last evening the Atlantic’s accepted the proposition, and it will take place as above, weather permitting.”) (BDE (2): “It is confidently expected that there will be at least 20,000 spectators present, among them delegations from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Albany, Troy, Buffalo, Rochester, Poughkeepsie and other cities. It is to be regretted that East New York was not selected, as there are but poor accommodations on the Putnam ground for so large a crowd as will undoubtedly be present.”) (BDE (3): “At the great match which took place in this city yesterday, about fifteen thousand people were present, and as such an immense audience could not fail to stimulate the amor propre of the players, and a large number of bets pended on the result, a player refused to acquiesce in the decision of the umpire, and a general fight was only prevented by the presence of the police.”) (BDE (4): [long description]) (BDE (5): [response by reporter to criticism of coverage of game and its sudden termination]) (BDE (6): “An important meeting of this Club will be held this evening at Butt’s Hotel in Myrtle avenue, on which occasion some important business connected with the late contest will be transacted.”) (BDE (7): [lengthy letter to NYDN editor from Atlantic BBC secretary F. K. Boughton)] (NYC: [long description]) (NYT (12): “There is an intense interest as to the result of the match.”) (NYT (13): “The deciding contest … was witnessed by about twenty thousand people. The result was a draw game, but it was owing to a desperate party of rowdies, who were determined that the Excelsiors should not win, and so obstructed the game, and annoyed the players, that the Excelsiors had to withdraw from the field. The whole scene was most disgraceful, but it is due to the Atlantics to state that they endeavored to preserve order, and are not to be implicated.”) (NYT (14): [long description]) (NDA: “In the great match between the Atlantics and Excelsiors, of Brooklyn, for the championship, yesterday, only five innings wre played, …. Owing to the boisterous conduct of the crowd, the Excelsiors withdrew from the field and the game was drawn.”) |
| Sources | (1) “Base Ball: Matches to Be Played: Atlantic vs. Excelsior,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 198 (21 Aug 1860), p. 2, col. 5 (2) “Base Ball: Atlantic vs. Excelsior,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 199 (22 Aug 1860), p. 3, col. 3 (3) “The Base Ball Furore” (editorial), BDE, vol. 19, no. 201 (24 Aug 1860), p. 2, col. 1 (4) “Base Ball: Grand Base Ball Match: Atlantic vs. Excelsior,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 201 (24 Aug 1860), p. 2, col. 5 (5) “Base Ball: The Late Base Ball Match—An Explanation,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 203 (27 Aug 1860), p. 2, col. 5 (6) “Base Ball: Atlantic Club,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 204 (28 Aug 1860), p. 2, col. 5 (7) “Base Ball,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 208 (1 Sep 1860), p. 3, col. 2 (8) “City News and Gossip: Base Ball—Atlantic vs. Excelsior—A Singular Affair,” BDE, vol. 19, no. 211 (5 Sep 1860), p. 3, col. 1 (9) “Third Grand Match at Base Ball: The Game Broken Up by Rowdies: A Drawn Game,” NYC, vol. 8, no. 20 (1 Sep 1860), p. 154, col. [xx] (10) “Excelsior vs. Atlantic – the Umpire’s Decision,” NYC, vol. 8, no. 20 (1 Sep 1860), p. 154, col. [xx] [TBI – NOT YET SEEN] (11) “Atlantic vs. Excelsior,” NYC, vol. 8, no. 21 (8 Sep 1860), p. 163, col. [xx] [TBI – NOT YET SEEN] (12) “Out-of-Door Sports: Cricket and Base Ball Matches,” NYT, vol. 9, no. 2783 (22 Aug 1860), p. 8, col. 3 (13) “News of the Day,” NYT, vol. 9, no. 2785 (24 Aug 1860), p. 4, col. 1 (14) “Grand Base Ball Match: Excelsior vs. Atlantic—Game Drawn Owing to the Riotous Conduct of a Portion of the Spectators,” NYT, vol. 9, no. 2785 (24 Aug 1860), p. 8, col. 5 (15) “Local Matters: Base Ball,” NDA, vol. 29, no. 202 (24 Aug 1860), p. 2, col. (16) Peverelly, pp. 51 & 55 (17) Wright, pp. 44 & 45 |
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