Victory Club of Troy v Champion Club of Albany on 7 August 1860
| Date of Game | Tuesday, August 7, 1860 |
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| Location | Albany, NY, United States |
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| Field | Add Field Page Champion grounds |
| Home Team | Victory Club of Troy |
| Away Team | Champion Club of Albany |
| Score | 36 - 27 |
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| Innings | 5 |
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| Description | (5 innings) (Troy Daily Whig: “The size of the score can only be attributed to the warm weather. / It will be observed that the Champion played one more inning than the Victory.”) (Porter’s Spirit of the Times: “The game was, we understand, characterized by a style of playing which ought to be frowned down by every lover of and participator in, the game of base ball, viz., tricky playing—waiting for a runner to get in before striking, and similar small advantages. As a consequence, the five innings consumed four hours and fifteen minutes of time—from 3 o’clock until 7 ¼. Such style of burlesque ball playing is not indulged in or countenanced by any clubs in New York or Brooklyn; and we hope that all base ball organizations, wherever they may be located, who desire the prosperity of the game, will promply [sic] put a veto on all such spurious ball playing. Blackball the ‘waiting game.’ “) |
| Sources | (1) “Local Matters: Base Ball,” Troy Daily Whig, vol. 26, no. 8044 (9 Aug 1860), p. 3, col. 5 (2) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Victory of Troy vs. Champion of Albany,” Porter’s Spirit of the Times, vol. 8, no. 25 (14 Aug 1860), p. 388, col. 3 & p. 389, col. 1 [Champion = 26 runs] |
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| Found by | Craig Waff |
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| Entry Origin | Games Tab |
| Entry Origin Url | http://protoball.org/Games Tab:New York State, Capital Area#date1860-8-7 |
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