Clipping:Early baseball in Philadelphia
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| Date | Saturday, May 20, 1865 |
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| Text | It was but a few years ago that base ball was in its infancy in the Quaker City. It was in 1860, we think, that we attended a match game between the Winona and Equity Clubs of Philadelphia, on a field out by the Girard College road, and, at that time, base ball was decidedly in the hands of amateur players, for some of the muffins of the Athletic and Keystone clubs now could have given the clubs in question the odds of six outs and beaten them, at least as far as fielding and their knowledge of points of the game was concerned. The clubs had bases, at that time, a couple of feet in size, and when the batsman hit the ball, he ran to the first or second base, according to the hit made, and leisurely took a seat on the base–for it was a capital stool–until the next striker sent him to another base by his hit. Any one taking a ball on the fly was entitled to a drink, and even bound catches were applauded. Since that time a wonderful change has taken place in the character of the play of the Philadelphia clubs, and also a vast increase in the popularity of the game. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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