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|Headline=Brooklyn Games Organized as Benefits for Sick and Wounded Soldiers | |Headline=Brooklyn Games Organized as Benefits for Sick and Wounded Soldiers | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Holidays, | |Tags=Ball in the Culture, Business of Baseball, Championship Games, Civil War, Holidays, | ||
|Country=US | |Country=US | ||
|State=NY | |State=NY | ||
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|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>Three games were announced in June 1862 for which net proceeds would be used for sick and wounded Union soldiers. The Eckfords and the Atlantics would play for a silver ball donated by the Continental Club. William Cammeyer provided the enclosed Union grounds without charge. Admission fees of 10 cents were projected to raise $6000 for soldiers' relief.</p> | |Text=<p>Three games were announced in June 1862 for which net proceeds would be used for sick and wounded Union soldiers. The Eckfords and the Atlantics would play for a silver ball donated by the Continental Club. William Cammeyer provided the enclosed Union grounds without charge. Admission fees of 10 cents were projected to raise $6000 for soldiers' relief. The Eckford won the Silver Ball by winning two of three games.</p> | ||
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|Sources=<p>"Relief for the Sick and Wounded," <span>Brooklyn Eagle</span>, June 21, 1862, page 2.</p> | |Sources=<p>"Relief for the Sick and Wounded," <span>Brooklyn Eagle</span>, June 21, 1862, page 2.</p> | ||
<p>Craig Waff, "The 'Silver Ball' Game-- Eckfords vs. Atlantics at the Union Grounds", in <em>Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century </em>(SABR, 2013), pp. 39-42</p> | <p>Craig Waff, "The 'Silver Ball' Game-- Eckfords vs. Atlantics at the Union Grounds", in <em>Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century </em>(SABR, 2013), pp. 39-42</p> | ||
|Submitted by=Gregory Christiano | |Submitted by=Gregory Christiano | ||
|Submission Note=12/8/2009 | |Submission Note=12/8/2009 | ||
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| Tags | Ball in the Culture, Business of Baseball, Championship Games, Civil War, HolidaysBall in the Culture, Business of Baseball, Championship Games, Civil War, Holidays |
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| City/State/Country: | Brooklyn, NY, US |
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| Text | Three games were announced in June 1862 for which net proceeds would be used for sick and wounded Union soldiers. The Eckfords and the Atlantics would play for a silver ball donated by the Continental Club. William Cammeyer provided the enclosed Union grounds without charge. Admission fees of 10 cents were projected to raise $6000 for soldiers' relief. The Eckford won the Silver Ball by winning two of three games.
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| Sources | "Relief for the Sick and Wounded," Brooklyn Eagle, June 21, 1862, page 2. Craig Waff, "The 'Silver Ball' Game-- Eckfords vs. Atlantics at the Union Grounds", in Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pp. 39-42 |
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| Submitted by | Gregory Christiano |
| Submission Note | 12/8/2009 |
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