Games Tab:California

The Craig B. Waff Games Tabulation

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7 Entries, using 11 sources     Pdf Version

Craig Waff's Games Tabulations made foundational contributions to our effort to document games and clubs before baseball became a professional sport. Craig's work is memorialized in this section of the site and lives on as a substantial mass of entries in Pre-pro Baseball. For more information about Pre-pro Baseball, see our About Pre-pro page.

1860

Date of Game	City/Town Playing Field	Outcome	Sources
2 Mar, 1860 (Fri)	Sacramento, Calif. “Ferg’s Field”	Sacramento (Sacramento) 20 Union (Sacramento) 14 (Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times: “Samuel Moore, of the Putnam Base Ball Club, of Brooklyn, N.Y., acting as umpire, …”)	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Base Ball at Sacramento, Cal.,” Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times, vol. 2, no. 7 (21 Apr 1860), p. 101, col. 1
11 Apr, 1860 (Wed)	Sacramento, Calif.	Sacramento (Sacramento) 15 Union (Sacramento) 10 (Porter’s Spirit of the Times: “Both clubs had tents pitched for the accommodation and entertainment of their many friends; and although the clubs are hearty rivals in the game of base ball, everything passed off in the most courteous and amicable manner.”)	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Base Ball in California,” Porter’s Spirit of the Times, vol. 8, no. 13 (26 May 1860), p. 196, col. 3 (2) “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Base Ball in the Golden State—Sacramento vs. Union Club,” Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times, vol. 2, no. 13 (2 Jun 1860), p. 202, col. 3 (3) “Base Ball in California,” New York Clipper, [?] May 1860
29 Jun, 1860	Ravenswood (near San Francisco), Calif.	Eagle (San Francisco) 55 Em Quad (San Francisco) 27 (7 innings)	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Eagle vs. Em Quad,” Porter’s Spirit of the Times, vol. 8, no. 24 (7 Aug 1860), p. 373, col. 1 (2) “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Base Ball in California—Eagle vs. Em Quad,” Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times, vol. 2, no. 23 (11 Aug 1860), p. 362, col. 3 [date = 20 Jun]
25 Sep, 1860 (Tue)	Sacramento, Calif. Centreville Course	Eagle (San Francisco) 36 Sacramento (Sacramento) 32   Eagle (San Francisco) 31 Sacramento (Sacramento) 17 (6 innings, due to darkness)   (New York Clipper: “The visit of the [Eagles] to Sacramento was an event in the annals of the game in California, that materially advanced its progress.  …  The respective captains proved themselves veterans in the game, and fully competent to command. Gelston is from the Eagle Club, of New York, and Robinson, is from the Putnam Club, of Brooklyn.)	(1) “Base Ball Tournament in California,” New York Clipper, [?] Oct 1860
11 Oct, 1860 (Thu)	Pioneer Course	Eagle 33 Em Quad 14 (5 innings) (Porter’s Spirit of the Times & Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times: “The Base Ball boys of the ‘Eureka State’ are lively and enthusiastic in the pursuit of the game of Base Ball.  Many new Clubs are forming in various parts of the State, and it affords us pleasure to stace [sic] that the ‘National Association,’ or New York game, is the only style of Ball playing at all encouraged in California. / … the Eagles … are generally ranked as the champions of their State. Gelston and E. Kerrigan were absent from the Eagles.  The Em Quad Club is composed exclusively of printers, and is one [of the] best playing Base ball organizations of the ‘Golden State.”)	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Base Ball in California--Eagle vs. Em Quad,” Porter’s Spirit of the Times, vol. 9, no. 13 (20 Nov 1860), p. 197, col. 1 (2) “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Base Ball in California,” Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times, vol. 3, no. 13 (1 Dec 1860), p. 196, col. 3
24 Oct, 1860 (Wed)	Stockton, Calif. Agricultural Fair	Sacramento 48 Stockton 11   Sacramento 73 Live Oak 7   (New York Clipper: “Our national game has, we are glad to find, its enthusiastic followers as well, in the Golden as the Empire State, and, we doubt not, some as skillful players.  It is not surprising, therefore, that a wholesome emulation should exist, and a liberal rivalry manifest itself between the leading clubs, so much so as to create the desire to know which is the champion club.  To this end a tournament has taken place between the three acknowledged first, namely, the Stockton, Sacramento, and Live Oak.”	(1) “Base Ball Tournament in California,” New York Clipper, [?] Nov 1860

1861

Date of Game	City/Town Playing Field	Outcome	Sources
4 Jul, 1861 (Thu)	San Francisco, Calif.	Young Eagle 52 City College 25 (New York Clipper: “Some very neat playing was made, but as a whole, both clubs have done much better heretofore at their games for practice.  Quite a number of spectators witnessed the contest, and considerable interest was manifested in the game.”)	(1) “Base Ball in California,” New York Clipper, vol. [xx], no. xx ([xx] Jul 1861), p. [xx], col. [xx]