Baseball (1845-1881): From the Newspaper Accounts.

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Hoboken Historical Museum

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Name/Title

Baseball (1845-1881): From the Newspaper Accounts.

Entry/Object ID

2012.001.0112

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Baseball (1845-1881) From the Newspaper Accounts. By Preston D. Orem. Privately published; Preston D. Orem, 341 Calaveras Street, Altadena, California, 1961. 8vo hardcover. pp. [x], 359, black-and-white illustrations; no index. See notes for contents and list of illustrations (illustrations are paginated as following the previous text page and are not counted in page total.) Images of chapter 4 (pages 7-15), The New York Game of Base Ball, are shown as they have content related to Hoboken and early games (or matches) at Elysian Fields. ==== Orem's preface: FOREWORD The material in this book was obtained from the contemporary newspaper accounts published the day after the game, meeting or other event, supplemented only by other early writings and by the principal baseball reference book. Generally speaking no conclusions are drawn; such are left to the reader. Baseball mythology is thankfully omitted here; it will be found elsewhere. The research for this volume, and for the two which will follow and which together will cover the period from 1882 to 1900, inclusive, was conducted in the graduate libraries of Stanford University at Palo Alto and the University of California at Los Angeles; the public libraries of the cities of Baltimore, Cincinnati, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis. The granting of access to the old newspaper files and the courteous assistance of the librarians is gratefully acknowledged. Club records and game scores of the very early years were found in AMERICAN PASTIMES, by Peverelly (1866); a few facts were filled in from ATHLETIC SPORTS, by Palmer, Richter, and others (1890). For such details as the ages and first names of the ballplayers of the 1871-1881 period, that principal, and invaluable, baseball reference book, THE OFFICIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BASEBALL, by Turkin and Thompson, was consulted. PRESTON D. OREM Altadena, California January 12, 1961 ==== While the contents has been extended and superseded by later baseball historians, it still remains a useful reference work. 8vo hardcover

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2012.001

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Book Details

Author

Orem, Preston D.

Edition

1st edition

Publisher

Preston D. Orem

Place Published

Location

Altadena, CA

Date Published

1961

Publication Language

English

General Notes

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Notes: 2012.001.0112 [page vii] CONTENTS 1. The Origin of Baseball 1 2. Town Ball in Philadelphia and Camden 4 3. The Massachusetts Game of Base Ball 5 4. The New York Game of Base Ball 7 5. The Organization of the National Association of Base Ball Players 15 6. The Baseball Season of the Year 1857 17 7. The All Star Games of the Year 1858 18 8. The Baseball Season of the Year 1858 23 9. The Baseball Season of the Year 1859 25 10. The Baseball Season of the Year I860 26 11. The Baseball Season of the Year 1861 36 12. The Baseball Season of the Year 1862 38 13. The Baseball Season of the Year 1863 39 14. The Baseball Season of the Year 1864 40 15. The Baseball Season of the Year 1865 41 16. The Baseball Season of the Year 1866 48 17. The Baseball Season of the Year 1867 62 18. The Baseball Season of the Year 1868 71 19. The Calling of Balls and Strikes in 1869 84 20. The Baseball Season of the Year 1869 86 21. The Baseball Season of the Year 1870 103 22. The Organization of the First Professional League 123 23. The National Association of the Year 1871 126 24. Other Teams and Events of 1871 142 25. The National Association of the Year 1872 144 26. The National Association of the Year 1873 160 27. The National Association of the Year 1874 179 28. The National Association of the Year 1875 206 29. The Organization of the National League 243 30. The National League of the Year 1876 246 31. The National League of the Year 1877 265 32. The International Association of the Year 1877 281 33. Other Minor Leagues and Clubs of 1877 282 34. The National League of the Year 1878 283 page [viii] 35. The International Association of the Year 1878 294 36. The National League of the Year 1879 298 37. The National Association of the Year 1879 316 38. The Western League of the Year 1879 319 39. Ladies of the Diamond of the Year 1879 319 40. The National League of the Year 1880 321 41. The National Association of the Year 1880 340 42. The Organization of the Metropolitans of New York 341 43. The First Night Baseball Game, September 2, 1880 342 44. The National League of the Year 1881 343 45. The Eastern Championship Association of 1881 357 page [ix] ILLUSTRATIONS An Old Time Ball Game 4a The Massachusetts Game 4b The Knickerbockers of 1858 24a Dr. Jones and Excelsiors of 1858 24b The Eckfords of 1858 24c Old Time Base Ball Uniforms 24d The Excelsiors of I860 34a James P. Creighton 34b J. B. Leggett 34c Peter O'Brien 34d Creighton's Monument 38a Union Soldiers play Ball in Prison Camp 38b An Atlantic and Mutual Game of 1865 44a Diagram of a Base Ball Field of 1865 44b An Atlantic and Athletic Game of 1866 56a The Champion Atlantics of 1866 56b The Champion Unions of 1867 70a The Troy Haymakers of 1867 70b The Atlantic s of 1868 80a The Forest Citys of Rockford 80b Harry Wright 102a Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869 102b The Mutuals of New York of 1870 112a Some of the Red Stockings 112b The Olympics of Washington of 1871 128a Albert G. Spalding 128b Robert Ferguson 144a An Old Time Ball and Scorecard 144b The Champion Bostons of 1874 200a Athletics: McBride, Clapp and McGeary 200b Athletics: McMullin, Fisler and Battin 200c Athletics: Sutton, Gedney and Anson 200d The Athletics of Philadelphia of 1875 206a Adrian C. Anson 206b William A. Hulbert 244a Nicholas E. Young 244b page [x] Michael J. "King" Kelly 348a John Montgomery Ward 348b Early Baseball Writers 356a A Catcher and a Batsman 356b ==== Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2012-08-16