Clipping:The colored championship; vast condescension; early use of 'chin music'
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| Date | Sunday, October 6, 1867 |
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| Text | [Excelsiors of Philadelphia vs. Uniques of Brooklyn 10/3/1867] The contest for the championship of the colored clubs, played on October 3, on the Satellite grounds, in Brooklyn, attracted the largest crowd of spectators seen on the grounds this season, half of whom were white people. The Philadelphians brought on a pretty rough crowd, one of them being arrested for insulting the reporters. They also refused to have a Brooklyn umpire, and insisted upon an incompetent fellow’s acting, whose decisions led to disputes in every inning. The Excelsiors took the lead from the start, and in the sixth inning led by a score of 37 to 24. But in the seventh inning the Brooklyn party pulled up and were rapidly gaining ground, when the Philadelphians refused to play further on account of darkness. A row then prevailed. New York Sunday Mercury October 6, 1867 The match between the Excelsiors, of Philadelphia, and the Uniques, of Brooklyn...proved to be about as interesting, amusing, and laughable, as anything we have seen this season. We have had the real thing now, and hereafter Tony Pastor and the minstrels will have to take a back seat, unless they were upon the grounds Thursday, and can improve on the display by the original article, which we very much doubt. ... The colored belles of both Philadelphia and Brooklyn were out in force, and enthusiastically applauded the efforts of their favorites. The backers of the nines followed the example of their white brethren, and invested their money freely on the results. We heard on enthusiastic “gomman” crying out “Ise bet nineteen dollars, and Ise got jus’ one more dollar to bet on the ‘Celsior Club.” The Umpire, Mr. Patterson, of the Bachelor Club, of Albany, was subjected to a fearful amount of chin music, and finally had to call upon the police to protect him from the players. One pugilistic darkey in the crowd called out to him when he was about to give a decision: “Youm say dat man am out, and I jis knock youm damn head off.” Players running the bases, unable to hear the decisions of the Umpire, were informed by their captain that, “Judgement says dat am out,” or “Judgment says dat am foul.” ... The game finally ended up about six o’clock in a regular row, the Umpire being carried off by the Quaker City “darkies,” who were then ahead, and feared to run the risk of playing another inning. New York Dispatch October 6, 1867 |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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