Honey Run Town Ball Club of Germantown v Marion Town Ball Club of Germantown on 24 November 1859undefined: Difference between revisions

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|Home Team=Honey Run Town Ball Club  
|Home Team=Honey Run Town Ball Club
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|Description=<p>"The games of base ball and town ball by many are preferred to cricket. In the way of town ball, the people of Germantown profess an ability to beat any other players that can be produced. To give color to their pretensions, the Germantowners are getting up a grand match of town ball, to take place on the afternoon of Thanksgiving day, at the corner of Queen street and plank road. The Marion and Honey Run Ball Clubs, of Germantown, are the contestants. Each club will consist of twenty practical players. The National Band is engaged for the occasion, and should the weather prove favorable, many ladies will probably be present. The match will be interesting. First ball to be given at 1 &frac12; o&rsquo;clock. Umpires and a referee have been appointed, and there will doubtless be a good time among the lovers of this invigorating sport."</p>
|Description=<p>"The games of base ball and town ball by many are preferred to cricket. In the way of town ball, the people of Germantown profess an ability to beat any other players that can be produced. To give color to their pretensions, the Germantowners are getting up a grand match of town ball, to take place on the afternoon of Thanksgiving day, at the corner of Queen street and plank road. The Marion and Honey Run Ball Clubs, of Germantown, are the contestants. Each club will consist of twenty practical players. The National Band is engaged for the occasion, and should the weather prove favorable, many ladies will probably be present. The match will be interesting. First ball to be given at 1 &frac12; o&rsquo;clock. Umpires and a referee have been appointed, and there will doubtless be a good time among the lovers of this invigorating sport."</p>
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|Has Source On Hand=No
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Reviewed=No
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Revision as of 08:22, 5 January 2016

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Date of Game November 1859
Game Town Ball
Location Germantown, PA, United States
Home Team  Add Club Page Honey Run Town Ball Club
Away Team  Add Club Page Marion Town Ball Club
Has Source On Hand No
NY Rules No - Predecessor
Description

"The games of base ball and town ball by many are preferred to cricket. In the way of town ball, the people of Germantown profess an ability to beat any other players that can be produced. To give color to their pretensions, the Germantowners are getting up a grand match of town ball, to take place on the afternoon of Thanksgiving day, at the corner of Queen street and plank road. The Marion and Honey Run Ball Clubs, of Germantown, are the contestants. Each club will consist of twenty practical players. The National Band is engaged for the occasion, and should the weather prove favorable, many ladies will probably be present. The match will be interesting. First ball to be given at 1 ½ o’clock. Umpires and a referee have been appointed, and there will doubtless be a good time among the lovers of this invigorating sport."

[North American and United States Gazette (Philadelphia), November 21, 1859]

For more on town ball in Philadelphia and vicinity (Germantown is today a part of Philadelphia), see Richard Hershberger article in "Base Ball" and on ourgame.mlblogs.com

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Richard Hershberger article at ourgame.mlblogs.com

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