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|Text=<p>From published "Conditions of Entry" for the Junior Championship of 1872 in Philadelphia: A best-of-three knockout format, entry fee $1.00, using rules of the Professional Association | |Text=<p>From published "Conditions of Entry" for the Junior Championship of 1872 in Philadelphia: A best-of-three knockout format, entry fee $1.00, using rules of the Professional Association, prize is a gold or silver ball. </p> | ||
|Sources=<p><em>Philadelphia City Item</em> August 8, 1872:</p> | |Sources=<p><em>Philadelphia City Item</em> August 8, 1872:</p> | ||
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|Comment=<p>Richard Hershberger commentary, 8/8/2022 FB posting:</p> | |Comment=<p>Richard Hershberger commentary, 8/8/2022 FB posting:</p> | ||
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<p><span>The <em>City Item</em> is sponsoring a championship among Philadelphia junior clubs. A few things jump out about this. First is that it is the second week of August and they are just now getting around to this. The second is that each team plays a best-of-three series with each other team, the third game played only if necessary. The NA has switched to every team playing a fixed number of games with every other team, but this system has not yet been internalized by the baseball community generally as How It Is Done. The games are explicitly to be played under the Professional Association rules. This is a bit odd, not only because these are amateur clubs, but because in 1872 the professional and amateur associations had the same playing rules. But using the professional rules is so important that it is stated twice, just to be sure. This is an early example of the amateur association's drive to irrelevance. </span></p> | <p><span>"The <em>City Item</em> is sponsoring a championship among Philadelphia junior clubs. A few things jump out about this. First is that it is the second week of August and they are just now getting around to this. The second is that each team plays a best-of-three series with each other team, the third game played only if necessary. The NA has switched to every team playing a fixed number of games with every other team, but this system has not yet been internalized by the baseball community generally as How It Is Done. The games are explicitly to be played under the Professional Association rules. This is a bit odd, not only because these are amateur clubs, but because in 1872 the professional and amateur associations had the same playing rules. But using the professional rules is so important that it is stated twice, just to be sure. This is an early example of the amateur association's drive to irrelevance." </span></p> | ||
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| Text | From published "Conditions of Entry" for the Junior Championship of 1872 in Philadelphia: A best-of-three knockout format, entry fee $1.00, using rules of the Professional Association, prize is a gold or silver ball. |
| Sources | Philadelphia City Item August 8, 1872: |
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| Comment | Richard Hershberger commentary, 8/8/2022 FB posting:
"The City Item is sponsoring a championship among Philadelphia junior clubs. A few things jump out about this. First is that it is the second week of August and they are just now getting around to this. The second is that each team plays a best-of-three series with each other team, the third game played only if necessary. The NA has switched to every team playing a fixed number of games with every other team, but this system has not yet been internalized by the baseball community generally as How It Is Done. The games are explicitly to be played under the Professional Association rules. This is a bit odd, not only because these are amateur clubs, but because in 1872 the professional and amateur associations had the same playing rules. But using the professional rules is so important that it is stated twice, just to be sure. This is an early example of the amateur association's drive to irrelevance." Edit with form to add a comment |
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