Famous Currier & Ives baseball game...
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August 04, 1865
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 4, 1865 On the back page under Base Ball is: Championship Match--Atlantic Vs. Mutual. The summary (see inset) begins by stating that there were ...at least 20,000 visitors at the Mutual Ball Ground... The summary continues and mentions that the betting odds prior to the game were $100 to $40. A bit more, with word that the match was terminated by a heavy thunder and rain storm. Includes the box score. An historic match that became the subject of a famous Currier and Ives print called The American National Game. A good report although more abbreviated than those featured in The New York Times and The New York Herald. Minor stain in the lower margin, otherwise in very good condition.
"Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey is believed to be the site of the first organized baseball game, giving Hoboken, rather than Cooperstown, New York, a strong claim to be the birthplace of baseball.In 1845, Alexander Cartwright's Knickerbocker Club of New York City began using Elysian Fields in Hoboken to play baseball due to the lack of suitable grounds across the Hudson River in Manhattan. On June 19, 1846, the Knickerbockers played the New York Nine on these grounds in the first organized game between two clubs. By the 1850's, several Manhattan-based member clubs of the National Association of Base Ball Players were using the grounds as their home field.
Category: Post-Civil War
