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Famous Baseballists Turn To Cricket
| Salience | Noteworthy |
|---|---|
| Tags | Baseball Professionalism, Business of BaseballBaseball Professionalism, Business of Baseball |
| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
| City/State/Country: | Brooklyn, NY, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | CricketCricket |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
| Holiday | |
| Notables | |
| Text | CRICKET.-- Long Island vs. Newark.-- The first contest between two American elevens on Long Island took place at East New-York yesterday...considerable interest was created among the base-ball players of Long Island, from the fact that players from each of the first nines of the Excelsior, Atlantic, and Putnam Clubs were to take part in it; and accordingly the largest collection of spectators ever seen on the East New-York grounds collected yesterday...the result was a well contested game of four innings...the time occupied in playing the innings being under five hours, the shortest regular game of cricket on record." |
| Sources | New York Tribune, Sep. 6, 1860 |
| Warning | |
| Comment | The players, their names helpfully italicized in the box score, were Edward Pennington and Charles Thomas of the Eureka BBC of Newark, James Creighton and John Whiting of the Excelsior, Dick Pearce and Charley Smith of the Atlantic, and Thomas Dakin of the Putnam. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle noted in its report on Sep. 6 that "The base ball players showed themselves to as much advantage as at their favorite game." Creighton was successful in cricket both as a bowler and batsman. At the time of his death in Oct. 1862 he was considered the best American player in the New York area. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Bob Tholkes |
| Submission Note | 3/22/2014 |
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1860.82 Famous Baseballists Turn To Cricket"
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