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Early Baseball... Post-game gathering at Coney Island... Franklin & Marshall Commencement...



Item # 676213

July 31, 1865

NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, from New York, dated July 31, 1865

* Post civil war baseball
* Early Coney Island

* Commencement at Franklin & Marshall College

The front page has: "The College Regatta" "Yale Wins again on Saturday in the City Races" "Accounts of the other Races & the Baseball Match" Concludes on the back page with a summary & box score of baseball match between Harvard & the Charter Oak (Yale) clubs.
On the back page under "The Field" is a summary & box score of a baseball match between the Keystone & Atlantic clubs played at the Capitoline ground. Includes a detailed report about the post-game activities at Coney Island.
Also on the backpage is the report of the Commencement exercises for Franklin & Marshall College.
Other news of the day throughout. Complete in 8 pages uncut and untrimmed; some printing flaws, generally good.

Category: Post-Civil War