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Minutes of the 1858 baseball convention...
Minutes of the 1858 baseball convention...
Item # 675283
March 20, 1858
PORTER'S SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, March 20, 1858 A rather famous sporting newspaper, with a sporting-themed masthead, calling itself: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage".
This is a very notable issue, as page 5 has a report headed: "The Base-Ball Convention" which provides the minutes of the March 10, 1858 convention. Mention is made that most of the clubs were formed about 1854, but the Knickerbocker club was organized in 1842. Committees were formed to amend the playing rules, and to examine the credentials of the players, and who would be the delegates to the convention, and whether to admit: "...young men from 17 to 21 years of age, or those who represented clubs composed chiefly of mere boys...". Other reports as well.
This is followed by an article: "Base-Ball Convention - Protest of the Juniors", arguing against: "...the Junior Clubs were denied either voice or vote in the subsequent meetings under pretense that there were so many of them they would vote the old men down..." with more.
Another page has: "Interesting Bet at Base-Ball" concerning a bet as to which of two players could hit the ball the farthest.
Sixteen pages, minor foxing and a few damp stains, good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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