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|Year=1860 | |Year=1860 | ||
|Salience= | |Year Number=7 | ||
|Location=Western New York | |Headline=Excelsiors Conduct Undefeated Western NY Road Trip. . ."First Tour Ever? First $500 Player Ever? | ||
|Text=<p> "The Excelsiors of Brooklyn leave for Albany, starting the first tour ever taken by a baseball club. | |Salience=1 | ||
<p>In announcing the tour, a Troy paper noted: | |Tags=Baseball Professionalism, | ||
<p> | |Location=Western New York, NY State, | ||
|Country=United States | |||
|State=NY | |||
|Game=Base Ball, | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Text=<p>[A] "The Excelsiors of Brooklyn leave for Albany, starting the first tour ever taken by a baseball club. They will travel 1000 miles in 10 days and play games in Albany, Troy, Buffalo, Rochester, and Newburgh."</p> | |||
<p>[B] In announcing the tour, a Troy paper noted: "The Excelsior Club of Brooklyn, who have pretty well reduced base ball to a science, and who pay their pitcher [Jim Creighton] $500 a year, are making a crusade through the provinces for the purpose of winning laurels."</p> | |||
<p>[C] News of the triumphant return of the Excelsiors appeared in The item started: "The Excelsior , the crack club of Brooklyn, and one of the best in the United States, returned home of Thursday of last week, after a very pleasant tour to the Western part of the State. During their trip, they played games with several [unnamed] clubs, and we believe were successful on every occasion."</p> | |||
|Sources=<p>[A] <a href="http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/">Baseballlibrary.com</a> - chronology entry for 6/30/1860.</p> | |||
<p>[B] "Base Ball," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Troy Daily Whig</span> Volume 26, number 8013 (Tuesday, July 3, 1860), page 3, column 5. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.</p> | |||
<p>[C] "Base Ball," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Spirit of the Times</span>, Volume 30, number 24 (Saturday, July 21, 1860), page 292, column 1. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.</p> | |||
<p>Craig Waff, "The Grand Excursion-- The Excelsiors of South Brooklyn vs. Six Upstate New York Teams", in <em>Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century </em>(SABR, 2013), pp. 24-27</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>The <em>New York Sunday Mercury</em> noted on April 29 that the Excelsior were organizing a tour, and announced on June 17 that arrangements had been completed.</p> | |||
|Submission Note=Comment by Robert Tholkes 11/11/2013 | |||
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|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
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| Text | [A] "The Excelsiors of Brooklyn leave for Albany, starting the first tour ever taken by a baseball club. They will travel 1000 miles in 10 days and play games in Albany, Troy, Buffalo, Rochester, and Newburgh." [B] In announcing the tour, a Troy paper noted: "The Excelsior Club of Brooklyn, who have pretty well reduced base ball to a science, and who pay their pitcher [Jim Creighton] $500 a year, are making a crusade through the provinces for the purpose of winning laurels." [C] News of the triumphant return of the Excelsiors appeared in The item started: "The Excelsior , the crack club of Brooklyn, and one of the best in the United States, returned home of Thursday of last week, after a very pleasant tour to the Western part of the State. During their trip, they played games with several [unnamed] clubs, and we believe were successful on every occasion." |
| Sources | [A] Baseballlibrary.com - chronology entry for 6/30/1860. [B] "Base Ball," Troy Daily Whig Volume 26, number 8013 (Tuesday, July 3, 1860), page 3, column 5. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008. [C] "Base Ball," Spirit of the Times, Volume 30, number 24 (Saturday, July 21, 1860), page 292, column 1. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008. Craig Waff, "The Grand Excursion-- The Excelsiors of South Brooklyn vs. Six Upstate New York Teams", in Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pp. 24-27 |
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| Comment | The New York Sunday Mercury noted on April 29 that the Excelsior were organizing a tour, and announced on June 17 that arrangements had been completed. Edit with form to add a comment |
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