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Early and nice baseball report... Lipman Pike...
Early and nice baseball report... Lipman Pike...
Item # 691736
March 07, 1874
NEW YORK TIMES, March 7, 1874 Page 3 has half a column taken up with: "Base-Ball Notes" containing much information on the beginning of the new season.
There is mention of the roster of the Hartford team, including: "Pike" at centerfield. This was the famed Lipman Pike, the first Jewish baseball star, and later manager.
Other team rosters are included with some of the more famous names of the era, including Wright, Spaulding, Cap Anson, Reach, and many others.
Included is a report of the annual meeting of the National Association of Professional Base-ball Players. An item for discussion was: "...a new code of playing rules & rules to govern championship contests...so as to make championship games consist of ten innings, with ten players on a side..." which was defeated.
Eight pages, four binding holes near the spine affect unrelated text, great condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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