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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1865 | |Year=1865 | ||
|Year Suffix= | |||
|Year Number=21 | |Year Number=21 | ||
|Headline=Fitz Credited With Originating Tournaments | |Headline=Fitz Credited With Originating Tournaments | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Business of Baseball | |Tags=Business of Baseball | ||
|Country= | |Location= | ||
|Country=United States | |||
|Coordinates=39.9525839, -75.1652215 | |||
|State=PA | |State=PA | ||
|City=Philadelphia | |City=Philadelphia | ||
|Game=Base Ball | |Modern Address= | ||
|Game=Base Ball | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Holiday= | |||
|Notables= | |||
|Text=<p>“To the untiring exertions of Col. (Thomas) Fitzgerald, the worthy President of the Athletic, is due the inauguration of the ‘tournament’, which has awakened such a wide-spread interest in all parts of the country...” </p> | |Text=<p>“To the untiring exertions of Col. (Thomas) Fitzgerald, the worthy President of the Athletic, is due the inauguration of the ‘tournament’, which has awakened such a wide-spread interest in all parts of the country...” </p> | ||
|Sources=<p><em>Philadelphia Illustrated New Age, </em>Nov. 1, 1865</p> | |Sources=<p><em>Philadelphia Illustrated New Age, </em>Nov. 1, 1865</p> | ||
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|Comment=<p>Few and far between in prior years, festivals or tournaments mushroomed in 1865, for example:</p> | |Comment=<p>Few and far between in prior years, festivals or tournaments mushroomed in 1865, for example:</p> | ||
<p>Portland, ME—at July 4 celebration. Open to all teams in ME, considered for state championship. 4 teams entered, knockout competition. 2 games at a time in the morning, championship game in the afternoon. 9 innings. Cash prizes for 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup>. <em>Portland Daily Evening Advertiser </em>coverage on July 6 indicated that the only out-of-town team was subject to “expressions of strong sympathy against them.”</p> | <p>Portland, ME—at July 4 celebration. Open to all teams in ME, considered for state championship. 4 teams entered, knockout competition. 2 games at a time in the morning, championship game in the afternoon. 9 innings. Cash prizes for 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup>. <em>Portland Daily Evening Advertiser </em>coverage on July 6 indicated that the only out-of-town team was subject to “expressions of strong sympathy against them.”</p> | ||
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<p>Wash DC- Oct. 9-11 tourney had the Excelsior of Brooklyn, the Nationals, and the Enterprise of Baltimore. Round robin, one game per day. <em>Wilkes Spirit of the Times, </em>10/21</p> | <p>Wash DC- Oct. 9-11 tourney had the Excelsior of Brooklyn, the Nationals, and the Enterprise of Baltimore. Round robin, one game per day. <em>Wilkes Spirit of the Times, </em>10/21</p> | ||
<p><em>Wilkes Spirit of the Times </em>on Oct. 21 printed a<em> </em>letter from Chicago describing problems encountered at a tourney in Rockford, IL. 5 teams, two days, two games each day. <em><br /></em></p> | <p><em>Wilkes Spirit of the Times </em>on Oct. 21 printed a<em> </em>letter from Chicago describing problems encountered at a tourney in Rockford, IL. 5 teams, two days, two games each day. <em><br /></em></p> | ||
|Submitted by=Bob Tholkes, | |Query= | ||
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|Submitted by=Bob Tholkes, | |||
|Submission Note=9/11/2014 | |Submission Note=9/11/2014 | ||
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|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| City/State/Country: | Philadelphia, PA, United States |
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| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | “To the untiring exertions of Col. (Thomas) Fitzgerald, the worthy President of the Athletic, is due the inauguration of the ‘tournament’, which has awakened such a wide-spread interest in all parts of the country...” |
| Sources | Philadelphia Illustrated New Age, Nov. 1, 1865 |
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| Comment | Few and far between in prior years, festivals or tournaments mushroomed in 1865, for example: Portland, ME—at July 4 celebration. Open to all teams in ME, considered for state championship. 4 teams entered, knockout competition. 2 games at a time in the morning, championship game in the afternoon. 9 innings. Cash prizes for 1st and 2nd. Portland Daily Evening Advertiser coverage on July 6 indicated that the only out-of-town team was subject to “expressions of strong sympathy against them.” Altoona, PA- per a reprint in Fitzgerald's City Item (Philadelphia) on 7/22, Altoona Tribune was promoting a baseball carnival—Athletics, Mountain Club of Altoona, and Alleghany Club of Pittsburg Wash DC- Games on 8/28 between the Nationals and Athletics, 8/29 between the Nationals and the Atlantic of Brooklyn, “a festival such has never before been offered in Washington”. Washington Daily National Intelligencer, 8/28 Wash DC- Oct. 9-11 tourney had the Excelsior of Brooklyn, the Nationals, and the Enterprise of Baltimore. Round robin, one game per day. Wilkes Spirit of the Times, 10/21 Wilkes Spirit of the Times on Oct. 21 printed a letter from Chicago describing problems encountered at a tourney in Rockford, IL. 5 teams, two days, two games each day. |
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| Submitted by | Bob Tholkes, |
| Submission Note | 9/11/2014 |
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