|
|
| Line 14: |
Line 14: |
| <p><em><strong>Query</strong></em>: Did this club play chiefly by Massachusetts rules?</p> | | <p><em><strong>Query</strong></em>: Did this club play chiefly by Massachusetts rules?</p> |
| |Sources=<p>The <em>Boston Herald</em>, June 25, 1858,</p> | | |Sources=<p>The <em>Boston Herald</em>, June 25, 1858,</p> |
| |Comment=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><br />June 1858 -- Winthrops and Eagles Disagree About Proposed "Friendly Match"</em></span></p>
| |
| <p> </p>
| |
| <p>"We have received several communications respecting base ball playing, from which it appears that the Eagle club of Westboro, voted June 18<sup>th</sup> to invite the Winthrop Club of Holliston, to go to Westboro and play a friendly game of Base Ball on the 26<sup>th</sup> of June.</p>
| |
| <p>"In reply the Winthrops, June 21<sup>st</sup>, stated that it would not be convenient for them to go to Westboro, but invited the Eagles to Holliston to play a game on the same day. This is considered by the Eagles a declinaton of their challenge." <em>Boston Herald,</em> pg. 4, June 23, 1858.</p>
| |
| <p>"The President of the Eagle Base Ball Club of Westboro, says in reference to a former statement, that the Eagles did not <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>challenge</em></span> the Winthrop Club of Holliston, but extended to them an invitation to meet them at Westboro as the guests of the Eagle’s and pass a few hours in the pleasant recreation of a game of base ball on Saturday the 26<sup>th</sup>. If the Winthrops had been <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>challenged,</em></span> they would have had the choice of their ground."<em>Boston Herald</em>, pg. 4, June 25, 1858.</p>
| |
| <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em> </em></span></p>
| |
| <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>July 1858 -- Winthrop and Olympians Stay at Arms-Length.</em></span></p>
| |
| <p>"The Winthrop Ball Club of Holliston, it is rumored, will have a visit on Monday the 5<sup>th</sup> from the Olympic Ball Club of Boston. There will be some playing, but no match game. The Olympians were the competitors of the Winthrops on the Boston Common some three weeks since, and how magnanimously the Olympians received their defeat, and how generously they treated the Winthrops as their guests; will not be forgotten by the members of the Holliston Club. We anticipate that both clubs will have a good time on Monday.</p>
| |
| <p> "Since the above was in type, we learn that the Olympic does not visit Holliston as a club, but that members come in their individual capacity, and will mingle with the members of the Winthrop as personal friends. There will, probably, be some playing however." <em>Boston Herald, </em>July 3, 1858. -- Provided by Joanne Hulbert, 7/28/2015. </p>
| |
| <p>--</p>
| |
| <p><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">July 1858 -- Winthrop Club Hosts Members of several Nearby Clubs<br /></span></em></p>
| |
| <p>"Several members of the Olympic Ball Club of Boston visited their friends of the Winthrop Club as anticipated. The ball clubs of Milford, Medway, and other towns in this vicinity were also represented. The day was principally occupied in playing their favorite game, which was conducted in a spirited and friendly manner, and was the occasion of quite a large gathering of our people, who were evidently satisfied that the tact exhibited by the participants in their athletic sports, could only have come through constant and long continued practice." <em>Boston Herald, </em>July 10, 1858 -- Provided by Joanne Hulbert, 7/28/2015.</p>
| |
| <p>--</p>
| |
| <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>July 1858 -- Winthrops to Host Massapoags.</em></span></p>
| |
| <p>"Base Ball. A Match Game. The Winthrop Ball Club of Holliston, have received and accepted a challenge from the Sharon Club to play a match game. It will come off this day commencing at 9 o’clock, A.M., at the ball ground of the Winthrop Club, and probably continue into the afternoon. “Mine Host” Francis of the Winthrop House will get up a good dinner for the occasion." <em>Boston Herald</em>, July 24, 1858. Provided by Joanne Hulbert, 7/28/2015.</p>
| |
| <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>--<br /></em></span></p>
| |
| <p><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">July 1858 -- Winthrops 100, Massapoags 69</span></em></p>
| |
| <p> </p>
| |
| <p>{See games accounts)</p>
| |
| <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em> </em></span></p>
| |
| <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em> </em></span></p>
| |
| <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em> </em></span></p>
| |
| <p> </p>
| |
| |Has Source On Hand=No | | |Has Source On Hand=No |
| |Reviewed=Yes | | |Reviewed=No |
| |Submitted by=Bruce Allardice, Joanne Hulbert,
| |
| |First in Location=Holliston, MA
| |
| |Is No Later Than=Yes
| |
| |First Newspaper Mention=6/1/1858
| |
| |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month
| |
| }} | | }} |
