Clipping:Baseball in Prussia
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| Date | Saturday, April 9, 1870 |
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| Text | Our National Game is becoming a popular pastime in foreign countries. Last week Messrs. Peck & Snyder of New York, filled an order for a full outfit for a club in Prussia. National Chronicle April 9, 1870 Bonn on the Rhine, April 10, 1870. Editor National Chronicle. It is with real pleasure that we announce to the base ball world of America, that a club has been organized here. We perfected our organization March 12th. Our name was adopted because it is a name, respected all over the world, we call ourselves the “Lincoln Base Ball Club.” We have twenty active members, of whom eleven are Americans, the rest are Russians [sic: should be “Prussians”] and Scotch. We have members from California, as well as from the Eastern states. We were all pretty rusty, but now are picking up and will soon be ready to accept any challenge provided it is not too many thousand miles away. Everything is going on splendidly. We have a ground for certainly two days per week, and we may have it two more if not occupied. We have an elegant club room, with a bust of Lincoln and flags; the walls are papered with the American colors. We expect to find clubs at some of the watering placed during the summer. If they will only send their address to you, it would be a favor. Any communication addressed to the Secretary of the club, C. Hof, Bonn, will come all right. Three cheers for base ball, and the L.B.B.C. LINCOLN National Chronicle April 30, 1870 |
| Source | National Chronicle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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