Atlantics chicagoed... stars of the day...
Item # 563798
May 09, 1871
NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, May 9, 1871
On pg. 2 under Base-Ball is a report: The Boston Club Chicagoing the Atlantics. Includes a summary about a match played at the Capitoline Grounds, in Brooklyn, before a crowd of 1,000, with mention that a chilly, blustering north-west wind prevailed. The Boston club chicagoed (term for a shut-out) the Atlantics, 25-0. Says that "...the Atlantics were unable to score a single run in the entire game, Spauldings accurate and strategic delivery of the ball , finely supported as it was in the field, making it almost impossible to secure a base, much less to score a run." About the fielding of the Boston nine, the summary also says: "They... made some fine displays in the field, two double plays, in which Harry and George Wright were prominent actors, being specially noteworthy..." Includes the box score. In good condition.
On pg. 2 under Base-Ball is a report: The Boston Club Chicagoing the Atlantics. Includes a summary about a match played at the Capitoline Grounds, in Brooklyn, before a crowd of 1,000, with mention that a chilly, blustering north-west wind prevailed. The Boston club chicagoed (term for a shut-out) the Atlantics, 25-0. Says that "...the Atlantics were unable to score a single run in the entire game, Spauldings accurate and strategic delivery of the ball , finely supported as it was in the field, making it almost impossible to secure a base, much less to score a run." About the fielding of the Boston nine, the summary also says: "They... made some fine displays in the field, two double plays, in which Harry and George Wright were prominent actors, being specially noteworthy..." Includes the box score. In good condition.
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