Clipping:The Philadelphia crowds
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| Date | 1870 |
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| Text | [Athletics vs. Cincinnati 6/22/1870] Philadelphia is, of all cities in the States, perhaps the most easily aroused to a feverish pitch of excitement about anything concerning base ball, and of all the crowds which assemble where base ball players “most do congregate,” a Philadelphia crowd is the most partial and one-sided. Wednesday last was no exception to the rule; from a very early hour in the morning crowds of people were seen wending their way toward the base ball ground, regardless of the time they would require to sit in the broiling heat, and perfectly indifferent as to the possibility of sunstroke, as long as they had the satisfaction of seeing their boys take the shine out of the Cincinnati nine. This, to them, happy and satisfactory result they did not have the pleasure of witnessing, although they did all in their power in the way of encouragement and assistance in the shape of kicking the ball out of the crowd when it happened to be sent there by a Red Stocking batsman, while they offered rather more than a passive resistance to the efforts of the Cincinnatians when they came among them on a leather hunting expedition. There must have been at least 15,000 persons present on the ground, while every housetop, tree, wall, or in fact, any place, no matter how uncomfortable or inconvenient, which afforded the slightest glimpse of a Red Stocking, was eagerly sought after and fought for by the great unwashed. Verily, Philadelphia is a great place for base ball. |
| Source | New York Dispatch |
| Tags | CrowdsCrowds |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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