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|Headline=American Guard [71<sup>st</sup> NY Regt] 42, Nationals BB Club 13
|Headline=American Guard [71<sup>st</sup> NY Regt] 42, Nationals BB Club 13
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Tags=Civil War,  
|Tags=Civil War, Military,  
|Location=US South
|Location=US South
|Country=United States
|Country=United States

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American Guard [71st NY Regt] 42, Nationals BB Club 13

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
Location US South
City/State/Country: Washington, DC, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

"The National Base Ball Club requests the pleasure of your company on their grounds at the intersection of Maryland Avenue and 6th Street, East, on Tuesday, July 2d [1861], at twelve o'clock, to witness a match game with the 71st Regiment Base Ball Club"

 

 

Sources

71st Regiment Veterans Association, "History of the 71st Regiment, N.G., N.Y.," (Eastman, New York, 1919), pages 157, 232, and 236-237. Accessed 5/30/2009 via Google Books search "71st regiment baseball." PBall file: CW-3.

Comment

The 71st had the duty to protect the Nation's Capital against rebel incursions, and fielded a picked nine to play a National BBC nine. After three innings, they led 12-2, and coasted to victory. A familiar name for the 71st was 3b Van Cott, and for the Nationals French played 3b. The regimental history later reported that the game "was witnessed by a large number of spectators." The Philadelphia Inquirer announced the contest on July 1 under the headline "The New York Seventy-First Despairing of Work, Going to Play Ball." Note: Frank Ceresi reports [19CBB posting of 2/28/2009] that the French collection of the Washington Historical Society includes a handwritten scoresheet for the match, which describes a 41-13 Army victory.

The two sides played again a year later. On August 7, 1862, the Nationals won a rematch, 28-13. The regimental history says that "the game was played on the parade ground; the result was not as satisfactory to the boys as the year before. There was quite a concourse of spectators on the occasion, including a number of ladies . . . . At the close the players were refreshed with sandwiches and lager." On June 25th, 1862, and the regiment's company K took on the rest of the regiment and lost 33-11.

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