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|Text=<p>"WHITE STOCKING VS PICKED NINE -- The complementary benefit to the White Stockings, at Dextr Park,&nbsp; yesterday afternoon, proved to be a small affair . . . the weather was but slightly above he freezing point . . . . The play was what might have been expected of benumbed fingers.."&nbsp; Chicago lents first baseman tot he opposition, leaving its own CF vacant, nd squeezed out a 10-9 advantage over the five innings played.</p>
|Text=<p>"WHITE STOCKING VS PICKED NINE -- The complementary benefit to the White Stockings, at Dexter Park,&nbsp; yesterday afternoon, proved to be a small affair . . . the weather was but slightly above the freezing point . . . . The play was what might have been expected of benumbed fingers.."&nbsp; Chicago lent its first baseman to&nbsp; he picked-nine opposition, leaving its own CF vacant, and squeezed out a 10-9 advantage over the five innings played.</p>
|Sources=<p><em>Chicago Tribune,&nbsp;</em>November 17, 1870.</p>
|Sources=<p><em>Chicago Tribune,&nbsp;</em>November 17, 1870.</p>
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White Stockings Stage "Complimentary Benefit" Game (Exhibition) Game, Beneficiary Unreportedrted

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Baseball Professionalism, Business of Baseball
City/State/Country: Chicago, IL, United States
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Age of Players Adult
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"WHITE STOCKING VS PICKED NINE -- The complementary benefit to the White Stockings, at Dexter Park,  yesterday afternoon, proved to be a small affair . . . the weather was but slightly above the freezing point . . . . The play was what might have been expected of benumbed fingers.."  Chicago lent its first baseman to  he picked-nine opposition, leaving its own CF vacant, and squeezed out a 10-9 advantage over the five innings played.

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Chicago Tribune, November 17, 1870.

Comment

Richard "The Bard" Hershberger explained, 11/16/2020:

"150 years ago today in baseball: a "complimentary benefit" game between the White Stockings and a picked nine. The idea behind a benefit game was that the gate receipts went to whoever the game was being held for. It might be an individual player, the players collectively, or some worthy cause. We saw a benefit earlier this year for the family of William Piccot, the late baseball reporter for the New York Tribune.

"Back in the more purely amateur era, a benefit game was a socially acceptable way to direct some money to a player without sullying his pristine amateur status. The point of today's game is less clear, the beneficiaries being untainted by so much as a hint of amateurism. It most likely is best understood as a good-will bonus. Today's effort also shows the flaw with the system. The value of the benefit depends in large part on the weather. This especially is a problem in mid-November."

 

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Are the typical sums provided to beneficiaries reported?

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Submission Note "150 Years Ago" FB Posting, 11/16/2020



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