Clipping:Terms offered to visiting clubs
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Date | Saturday, May 29, 1875 |
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Text | The Buckeyes of Columbus, O., have secured enclosed grounds, and offer extra inducements to visiting clubs, allowing those from a distance fifty per cent. of the gross receipts. New York Clipper May 29, 1875 a huge attendance [Boston vs. Hartford 5/18/1875] So great was the interest taken in this match, that all the manufacturing firms in the city found it necessary to close their factories, and extra trains were run upon all the railroads, bringing large delegations from the surrounding cities and towns. Game was announced to begin at 3:30 P.M.; but by noon people began to gather upon the grounds, and before two o'clock all the seats except those that were reserved were occupied; and by the time game was called, fully 10,000 persons were congregated within the inclosure. New York Clipper May 29, 1875 |
Source | New York Clipper |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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