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The Inventor Of The "Mud" Used To Rub Up Baseballs:
They used to use chewing tobacco, then mud made of water and dirt from
the playing field, to remove the sheen from new baseballs following
the death of Ray Chapman from an errant pitch in the 1920s. It enabled
pitchers to get a better grip on the baseball. In the 1930s, Russell
Aubrey "Lena" Blackburne, a coach with the Philadelphia Athletics,
heard some umpires complaining about having to rub tobacco juice onto
the baseballs. As legend has it, Blackburne once went fishing on a
Delaware River tributary in New Jersey. He scooped up some mud from
the creek, tried it out on a new baseball, and changed a part of the
game. Turned out that this mud worked better than anything tried
before then. The mud was described as smooth and creamy but with a
fine grit. The method invented by Blackburne is still used throughout
major league baseball to help the grip of the six or seven dozen new
balls prepared for every game. All minor league clubs and a few
colleges use the mud, too. Teams go through an average of 3-4 pounds
of it each year.

Indoor Baseball Game, 1905
Indoor baseball was invented by George Hancock in 1887 at the Farragut
Boat Club on Chicago's South Side. The basic equipment was a mushy
soft 17-inch ball and a stick-like bat. No gloves were worn and bases
were only 27 feet apart. The game spread like wildfire across the
Chicago area, and by the winter of 1891–92 there were more than a
hundred teams organized in flourishing amateur leagues. Colleges and
high schools, girls and boys, embraced the sport. Around 1907, players
began taking the game outdoors, calling it "playground ball" and
later "softball." The indoor version went into steep decline in the
1910s, most assuredly because of the rapid growth of basketball, a
game far better designed for indoor play. By the early 1920s, indoor
baseball was a dead sport, but it left as its progeny the playground
game most peculiar to Chicago, 16-inch slow-pitch softball.

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The Continental League was a proposed 8-team baseball league which
never got off the ground but still had significant impact on
baseball. It is generally accepted that Major League Baseball's
expansion in 1961-1962 was in direct response to pressure from the
Continental League.

The Continental was not an "outlaw" league, like its contemporaries
the American Football League and American Basketball League, or later
leagues like the ABA, WHL, WFL, etc.. The Continental plan was always
to join Organized Baseball, not fight it.

There were several forces driving baseball toward expansion:

The population of the United States had grown tremendously since the
Original 16 teams had been constituted at the turn of the century --
there were more potential fans and more potential players.
The postwar US was affluent, with plenty of money to spend on leisure
activities
The successful move of the Braves to Milwaukee showed baseball owners
that there was money to be made in new markets.
The advent of air travel made it practical to have franchises in the
West.
Congress was pressuring Baseball to expand, threatening to take away
the treasured antitrust exemption if something was not done.
But Baseball was resisting. As Bill Veeck said, "If the baseball
owners were running the United States, Kansas and Nebraska would
still being trying to get into the Union."

The first attempt at expansion was by the 8-team Pacific Coast
League, which in the mid-fifties was reclassified from AAA to Open.
The PCL hoped to work its way up to major status, and in fact the
majority of its cities did become major league eventually (Los
Angeles + Hollywood, San Francisco, Oakland, San Diego, and Seattle).
The Pacific Coast dream died when the Giants and Dodgers moved west,
taking the PCL's two best markets.

But the removal of New York's two NL teams in 1958 led to a reaction
on the East Coast. A committee was formed to get National League ball
back in NYC; it was run by a lawyer named William Shea (as in Shea
Stadium). Under pressure from Congress, Commissioner Ford Frick had
made public the criteria for the admission of expansion cities to the
majors, such as population, stadium capacity, etc. The wording of
Frick's announcement made it clear he was thinking of baseball adding
another league, not just individual teams. William Shea got together
with community leaders in other baseball-hungry towns and formed the
Continental League. It was formally announced on July 27, 1959 at a
press conference in New York. Five cities were represented, with
another dozen seen as potential candidates.

The league needed a respected public figure to lead it, and they
chose Branch Rickey. With the Cardinals, Rickey had invented
baseball's farm system. With the Dodgers, he had broken baseball's
color line. From there he went to the Pirates, laying the foundations
for the team that would soon be World Champions. In his 70's, Rickey
was still dynamic and full of ideas. Rickey told the press that the
Continentals would be ready in a few years to compete with the AL &
NL in a round-robin World Series.

The main problem turned out to be players. There were plenty of
baseball players in the country, but they all belonged to somebody.
There was no free agency as we know it -- baseball's Reserve Clause
meant that a player's contract was automatically renewed every year,
forever -- unless the club chose to release him from it. In March
1960, Rickey's attempt to form a working agreement with the Class D
Western Carolina League was blocked by MLB. The only players
available would be amateurs or players already rejected by the
system. Expansion advocates sought to get a bill through Congress
that would limit the number of players a team could control to 80
(some teams controlled 400). The bill got amended and revised, and in
June 1960 it was sent back to committee, never to be seen again.

After failing to reach indemnity agreements with the minor leagues
whose cities it would be invading, the Continental League officially
folded at a meeting in Chicago on August 2, 1960.

Baseball, still under threat from Congress, expanded with the four
teams, two for each league. Players were furnished through an
expansion draft. By 1969 the sport had reached the 24 teams that the
Continentals would have given it, with most of the same cities.

But perhaps something was lost. In Past Time, Jules Tygiel points out
that the expansion teams generally fared worse at the gate than
established teams which moved to a new city. For instance, of the
first eight expansion teams -- NY Mets, Houston, LA Angels,
Washington, KC Royals, San Diego, Montreal, and Seattle Pilots --
only one drew a million fans in its inaugural year. (You can win some
bets with this trivia question: the answer is Montreal!)

These expansion clubs were saddled with the dregs of the established
teams' rosters, with no free agency to supplement their talent. The
fans could smell a loser, and stayed away in droves. Washington and
Seattle left town in a cloud of failure. Kansas City and San Diego
each drew about 500,000 fans in 1969. The so-called lovable loser
Mets didn't actually draw well until they started winning. In some
cities, the nightmare went on for years. Of the eight original
expansionists, thirty years later, only four (4) have ever played in
a World Series.

Perhaps expanding with a whole new 8-team league would have been
better for baseball in the long run. If the Pacific Coast League had
been allowed to become major, it would have started with an
established fan base and some established minor league stars. The
Continental League would have given some expansion cities the thrill
of a pennant race, and the anticipation of getting closer to major
league status each year. (Can we really consider the 1962 Mets a
major league baseball team?).

Branch Rickey said, "It may seem illogical that you can't get
manpower for four extra clubs but you can for eight. But eight teams
can compete equally while recognized as a third major league. Our new
league would not pretend to be major the first year. But by the end
of the third year that would not be unthinkable."

Perhaps the reason that Baseball didn't want to expand with a third
league was that another league meant another culture, another power
base. The country was used to a two-party system in politics and a
two-league system in baseball, and the owners did not want to change
the product. By expanding piecemeal, the owners were able to maintain
control over the expansion clubs -- creating a strong Houston club
was not in the interest of the Cardinals or the Cubs.

Expanding to a third league would have also meant throwing open the
minor league system, which by 1960 had reached the weakest point in
its history. This weakness, again, meant that the MLB owners could
control it completely.

Today, with free agency and independent outfits like the Northern
League springing up, a Continental League might have a much easier
time signing talent. Free agency and a more equitable expansion draft
have also meant that an new team like the Diamondbacks can rise up
quickly in the standings, if the owner is willing to spend. (And fall
back just as quickly, as the Marlins proved.)

But in 1960 the owners of the original 16 teams were holding all the
cards, and they were not going to endanger their franchises. The
first overall pick in the AL expansion draft, December 1960, was Eli
Grba, a young Yankee pitcher with control problems. The Red Sox gave
up Jim Fregosi, an 18-year-old minor leaguer who would turn out to be
a fine shortstop, along with Jerry Casale, Fred Newman, Ed Sadowski,
Tom Sturdivant, Heywood Sullivan, Jim Mahoney, and Willie Tasby.

I recently read a book by the famed historian and lifelong baseball
fan David Halberstam.  This book, cleverly titled The Teammates,
describes a sixty-plus year friendship between four of the Boston Red
Sox's all-time greats ­ Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dominic DiMaggio
and Johnny Pesky.  It was written with the same love and attention
that books like October 1964 and The Summer of '49 were written, but
this one added a new dimension ­ true friendship.

The book, written immediately following the death of the greatest
hitter who ever lived, Williams, begins with a warm recollection of
how DiMaggio and Pesky drove from Massachusetts to Florida on a final
voyage to see their beloved teammate and friend Williams.  Williams,
who was in failing health, did not have long on this earth, so two of
his best friends wanted to go to cheer him up and ultimately say good-
bye.  Doerr, whose wife herself is in fragile health, was unable to
travel from Oregon to Massachusetts for the arduous road trip.  His
presence was necessary at his wife's side.

While on the long trip, reminiscing became the norm, and the book
uses the flashback form to describe how each of these great
ballplayers cemented their lives to one another.  The book tells of
each player breaking in to the Major Leagues in the early 1940s, and
turning their stints with the Sox into friendships that would last
more than each would have originally thought.  Each player had
distinct personalities, Williams was caustic, Doerr extremely quiet,
Pesky energetic, and DiMaggio serious, and they molded those
personalities into a friendship that most anyone would envy.  They
stood by each other through ups and downs both on and off the field,
and they remained as close as any friends could be in their lives
after baseball.

The book uses great anecdotes to describe the ways the quiet and
reserved Doerr would have to put up with the loud and sometimes
obnoxious Williams.  It tells of the difficulties that DiMaggio faced
simply because he was one of the few players up to that point to ever
wear glasses.  It also shows how Pesky, still in baseball sixty-plus
years later as a part-time coach with the Red Sox, would do anything
to stay in uniform after his playing days ended.

Each player went on to different lives after they left the diamond.
DiMaggio became a successful businessman, Doerr stayed in his beloved
Oregon, Williams was a manager then a celebrity, and Pesky just
changed roles from player to manager, coach, instructor, etc.  No
matter what, though, they stayed together in a bond of friendship
that is seldom seen among today's sports stars.

Halberstam hit a home run with this terrific little book.  He
expertly described how men could be there for one another through
anything, and that despite being co-workers men could still love each
other.  I urge you to read this warm book and realize that friendship
is one of life's most precious gifts.

1910
» Chicago's Ed Walsh tops Walter Johnson, 1–0, the 3rd straight time
Walsh has beaten the Big Train and Washington by that score.

Left fielder Fred Clarke makes a record-tying four OF assists for
Pittsburgh against the Phils, as the Bucs win 6–2. The Pirates get
one more for a NL record five outfield assists.

At St. Louis, Frank Corridon outpitches Christy Mathewson for a 4–1
Cardinals win. The Cards tag Matty for 11 hits. New York is three 1/2
games behind 2nd-place Pittsburgh.

1909
» With lefthander Jim Pastorius pitching, Brooklyn C Bill Bergen
throws out six (erroneously listed as 7) of eight base-stealing
Cardinals in a 9-1 St. Louis victory. Bergen's mark is a 20th century
high, twice tied in 1915. In the first game of the doubleheader, it
was Brooklyn's turn as they swiped six bases in a 7-0 win. The Cards
steal two bases.

It's a day for thievery as the Cubs steal home three times in a game
at Boston, tying a ML mark. They waste no time, as Johnny Evers and
Del Howard do it in the first inning, and Solly Hofman in the 2nd.
Chicago wins, 11-6.

1907
» The Pirates top the Giants 4-2 in 10 innings, then win the 2nd
game, 1-0, when Howie Camnitz spins a 5-inning no-hitter. The Bucs
score when Ed Abbaticchio singles home Honus Wagner, who had singled
and stolen 2B. The Giants also lose Frank Bowerman, hit on the head
by a Camnitz pitch. The doctors predict that the burly catcher will
miss the season, but he is back in action in three days.

1906
» White Sox pitcher Roy Patterson beats Washington, 4-1, giving
Chicago its 19th straight win. The streak will be tied by the 1947
Yankees, but never topped in the AL. Chicago now leads by five 1/2
games.

1903
» Before 21,400 in St. Louis the Pilgrims sweep St. Louis 5-3 and 4-
2. Boston executes a triple play in the nitecap. Hughes and Young are
the winners for 1st place Boston.

Runs were scarce during the first two decades of 20th-century baseball
as pitchers like Cy Young, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson
dominated the action. Legendary stars like Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and
Tris Speaker used speed and basepath bravado to generate offense in a
game that seldom witnessed a home run. These years also saw the
establishment of National and American League hegemony (leading to the
birth of the World Series), the production of modern steel-structured
downtown stadiums for every major league team, and the
devastating "Black Sox" scandal of 1919 that threatened to drop
baseball from its exalted standing in American sports.

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<PeterVTrunk@...> wrote:
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> I loaded some pix of me wearing some of my old-time caps and
> uniforms.  Check out the "photos" section.
>
I also loaded two New York Giants' uniforms .........one from 1925 and
another from 1944.

I loaded some pix of me wearing some of my old-time caps and
uniforms.  Check out the "photos" section.

In 1849 the New York Knickerbockers became the first team to use
uniforms.[3] Their uniforms consisted of white flannel shirts, wool
pants and straw hats. In 1882, uniforms and/or stockings involved
different colors that reflected the different positions, sometimes. In
1888 and 1889 the Detroit Wolverines and Washington Nationals of the
National League and the Brooklyn Bridegrooms of the American
Association added stripes to their uniforms.

By the end of the 19th century clubs were customarily wearing
different uniforms at home and on the road. It became standard
practice to wear white at home and gray or another somewhat dark color
on the road. In 1907, the Brooklyn Superbas incorporated a blue
pattern for their road uniforms. The New York Giants later used a
similar pattern. The more widely spaced uniforms, with more visible
pinstriping, first appeared on several major league team uniforms in
1912. In 1916, the Giants added an almost "plaid" effect with a
crossing of multiple fine lines of purple. During this time, another
alternative for road uniforms was a solid dark blue or black material
with white relief.

The 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers used tan as their away uniforms.

In 1963 Charles O. Finley changed his Kansas City Athletics home and
road uniforms with combination of gold and green. In the 1970s some
teams used light blue for their road uniforms.

Pinstriping on baseball uniforms created in the 19th century was not
used very long in major and minor league play, but was brought back
by the Brooklyn Bridegrooms in 1907, 1916 and 1917, respectively.
During that time when the striped uniforms were made again, other
materials for the baseball uniform were added, such as uniforms made
of satin.

The team most often identified with pinstripes would be the New York
Yankees. Legend has it that the stripes were adopted to make Babe
Ruth look slimmer. That story is a myth, as the Yankees had already
adopted pinstripes several years before acquiring Ruth. They were
first used in 1912 (Okkonen). But the Yankees pinstripes (on their
home uniforms) have persisted and become a symbol of the Yankees, to
the point where books about the Yankees often have pinstriped covers.

Numbers were first added to uniforms experimentally and sporadically.
By the 1930s, they were common, in part for the purpose of
encouraging scorecard sales. ("You can't tell the players without a
scorecard!") The Yankees were among the first to assign numbers,
initially based on their normal position in the lineup (Ruth 3,
Gehrig 4, etc.) As players began to be associated with specific
numbers, the ritual of "retiring" a number came into fashion.

The numbers were typically on the backs of the shirts, with the team
name or logo on the front of the shirt. In 1952, the Dodgers were the
first team to put numbers on front panels of their uniforms. Further
experimenting led to innovations such as the Houston Astros of the
1970s and 1980s putting numbers on a front pants pocket as well as on
the back of the shirt.

The use of names on the backs of the shirts, arched over the numbers,
began in the late 1950s and gained broader acceptance over time,
ironically undermining the purpose of putting numbers on the shirts,
i.e. to sell scorecards.

Caps, or other types of headgear with eyeshades, have been a part of
baseball uniforms from the beginning
From the 1840s to the 1870s, players wore various types of hats
including straw hats, boating caps, jockey caps, and even bicycling
hats. By the 1880s, the "Chicago style" cap had become very popular.
This style, also compared to a "cake box" or "billbox", often
incorporated horizontal striping enhancing the layer cake look, and
it remained popular through the 1890s.

By the early 1900s, the rounded top had become the primary fashion.
The cake box style was still used by some teams, notably the
Philadelphia Athletics. The cake box style retains its prominence
because of the A's frequent appearance in the World Series, ensuring
that any comprehensive history of the Series would display that style.

Other teams would sometimes adopt the flat-topped cap, such as the
Giants in 1916, and the Pittsburgh Pirates in modern times, including
their 1979 World Series championship, again ensuring lasting
visibility.

The standard modern cap has changed very little in recent decades.
Over time, a somewhat fuller crown larger sun visor has been
developed. The basic purpose of the cap remains the same - to shield
the wearer's eyes from the bright summer sun.

From the beginning, graphic designs were used to identify teams.
Often an Old English letter was worn on the chest. This style
survives with the Detroit Tigers and their gothic style "D" on their
home shirts. Road jerseys were more likely to identify the city, as
with the Tigers wearing the word "Detroit" on their road shirts.

As official nicknames gained prominence in the early 1900s (in
contrast to media-generated and unofficial nicknames of prior
generations), pictorial logos began emerging as part of the team's
marketing. Some early examples include a small red tiger on the black
cap of the 1901 Detroit Tigers, as they were officially the Tigers
from the beginning; and a bear cub logo on the Chicago Cubs shirts by
1907, as that unofficial nickname was then adopted officially by the
club.

In another famous example, the Boston Americans (an unofficial
designation that merely distinguished them from their across-the-
tracks rivals) adopted the Nationals' abandoned red stockings in
1908, and have been the Boston Red Sox officially ever since then.
By the 1930s, nearly every team had distinctive logos, letters or the
team nickname on their home shirts, as part of the team's marketing.
The trend of the city name on the road jerseys continued. In recent
years, with team nicknames being so strongly associated with the
clubs, logos that were once only used at home also turned up on road
jerseys, in place of city names.

The History of baseball in the United States can be traced to the
18th century, when amateurs played a baseball-like game by their own
informal rules using improvised equipment. The popularity of the
sport inspired the semi and fully professional baseball clubs in the
1860s. By the following decade, American newspapers were referring to
baseball as the "National Pastime" or the "National Game." The first
attempt at forming a "major league" produced the National
Association, which lasted from 1871 to 1875. In response to the
shortcomings of the National Association, the current National League
was formed in 1876. After a series of rival leagues were organized
but failed, the current American league, evolving from the minor
Western League of 1893, was established in 1901.

In the early part of the 20th century, known as the "dead-ball era,"
baseball rules and equipment favored the "inside game" and the game
was played more violently and aggressively than it is today. This
period ended in the 1920s with several changes that gave advantages
to hitters. In the largest parks, the outfield fences were brought
closer to the infield. In addition, the strict enforcement of new
rules governing the size, shape and construction of the ball caused
it to travel farther when hit.

The first professional black baseball club, the Cuban Giants, was
organized in 1885. Subsequent professional black baseball clubs
played each other independently, without an official league to
organize the sport. Rube Foster, a former ballplayer, founded the
Negro National League in 1920. A second league, the Eastern Colored
League, was established in 1923. These became known as the Negro
Leagues. The Negro National League did well until 1930, but folded
during the great depression.

From 1942 to 1948 the Negro League World Series was revived. This was
the golden era of Negro League baseball, a time when it produced some
of its greatest stars. In 1947, Jackie Robinson signed a contract
with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the color barrier that had
prevented talented African American players from entering the white-
only major leagues. Although the transformation was not
instantaneous, baseball has since become fully integrated. In 1948,
the Negro Leagues faced financial difficulties that effectively ended
their existence.

Pitchers dominated the game in the 1960s and early 1970s. In 1973 the
designated hitter (DH) rule was adopted by the American League, while
in the National League pitchers still bat for themselves to this day.
The DH rule now constitutes the primary difference between the two
leagues. During the late 1960s, the Baseball Players Union became
much stronger and conflicts between owners and the players' union led
to major work stoppages in 1972, 1981, and 1994. The 1994 baseball
strike led to the cancellation of the World Series, and was not
settled until the spring of 1995. In the wake of the 1994 players'
strike, functions that had been administered separately by the two
major leagues' administrations were united under the rubric of Major
League Baseball.

One of the best-known songs in America, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
was written by vaudeville's Jack Norworth in 1908. The``music is by
Albert von Tilzer, whose York Music Company published it. The song
became a sensation when it was included with a set of picture slides
in nickelodeons across the country. The verse has been largely
forgotten, but the chorus is still sung at most ballparks in the
country during the seventh-inning stretch. The complete song goes:
Katie Casey was baseball mad, Had the fever and had it bad; Just to
root for her hometown crew, Ev'ry sou, Katie blew. On a Saturday, her
young beau Called to see if she'd like to go To see a show, but Miss
Kate said, "No, I'll tell you what you can do." Take me out to the
ball game, Take me out with the crowd.pp2 Buy me some peanuts and
cracker jack, I don't care if I never get back. Let me root, root,
root for the home team, If they don't win its a shame. For it's one,
two, three strikes you're out At the old ball game!

July 10, 1932-To save train fare for a single date appearance,
Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack only takes 2 pitchers on a
short road trip to face the Cleveland Indians.

A's starting pitcher Lew Krausse gives up 4 hits in the first inning
and is replaced by Eddie Rommel. Rommel ends up pitching 17 innings, in
relief, giving up a record 29 hits but comes away with the win by a
score of 18-17.

Johnny Burnett of the Indians sets a record by going 9 for 11 at the
plate. Providing offensse for the A's, Jimmie Foxx has 6 hits including
3 homers.

From "Today in Baseball History", courtesy Baseball-Almanac.com.

Art Audley
La Plata, MD


This was posted at my other site by Art.  I thought it was pretty
iteresting.............Pete

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<PeterVTrunk@...> wrote:
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> The Federal League was the last major attempt to establish an
> independent professional baseball league in baseball in the United
> States in direct competition with the established National and
> American Leagues in 1914 and 1915. There were a few attempts after
> this (notably the Mexican League in 1946–1947 and the proposed
> Continental League), but nothing as direct and serious as the
Federal
> League.
>
The league started as an independent minor league in 1912 as the
Columbia League, but changed its name to the Federal League at the
start of the 1913 season, playing as what would now be known as
an "independent" minor league, but was at that time thought of as
an "outlaw" minor league. John T. Powers was president of the six-
team league, but was replaced early in the season by James A.
Gilmore, under whose leadership the league declared itself a major
league for the 1914 season. Other financers of the League included
oil baron Harry F. Sinclair, ice magnate Phil Ball, and George S.
Ward of the Ward Baking Company.
As a major circuit, the Federal League consisted of 8 teams each
season. Four of the teams were placed in established Big League
cities (Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Brooklyn). The other four
teams were placed in more marginal areas (Baltimore, Buffalo,
Indianapolis and Kansas City). In the first year, 1914, some of the
teams had official nicknames and some did not, but either way,
sportswriters were inclined to invent their own
nicknames: "ChiFeds", "BrookFeds", etc. By the second season, most of
the teams had "official" nicknames, although many writers still
called many of the teams "-Feds".

The Federal League was the last major attempt to establish an
independent professional baseball league in baseball in the United
States in direct competition with the established National and
American Leagues in 1914 and 1915. There were a few attempts after
this (notably the Mexican League in 1946–1947 and the proposed
Continental League), but nothing as direct and serious as the Federal
League.

Did you know?
The Brooklyn Tip Tops and Newark Peppers scheduled some very unusual
doubleheaders for the 1915 season. They planned to play the morning
game in one team's ballpark and the second game in the other team's
ballpark. There were 3 of these types of doubleheaders scheduled. They
were to take place on May 31st, July 5th, and September 6th. These
doubleheaders were the second time in major league baseball history
that two teams playd each other on the same day at different
ballparks.
•On Memorial Day the morning game was played in Newark and the Peppers
won 5-3. The afternoon game was won by the Tip Tops at home in
Brooklyn 5-3.
•On July 5th, the Tip Tops and Peppers were scheduled to start the
doubleheader in Brooklyn but that game was rained out. They were still
able to go to New Jersey to play the afternoon game which was won by
Newark.
•On Labor Day, the doubleheader started in Brooklyn and ended in
Newark. The Tip Tops took both games, 5-1 and 1-0 respectively.

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I purchased two Brooklyn Royal Giants' jerseys from ebay recently.
One is a very colorful (blue with gray script "BROOKLYN"), and the
other much more realistic (flannel, gray, with "BROOKLYN" printed
across the chest).  I already own a realistic Brooklyn Tip-Tops'
jersey.  The Royal Giants were an oldtime Negro team and the Tip-Tops
played in 1914 and 1915 in the Federal League.

Hi:  This site will develop over time.  It will not be filled with
goodies immediately.  I'm counting on membership to grow a bit, and
then those folks to contribute.  Stay the course and please have
patience.  Thank you, Pete

Welcome to the group.  It's all about baseball........the greatest
game of them all!  We will talk about EVERYTHING here.......and we
will have fun!!  Please keep all your posts strictly on the game of
the old days.............please, no polyester uniforms, astro-turf,
steroids, millionaire 3rd string catchers, etc.  Baseball BEFORE
expansion.  When the World Series was played in the DAYTIME.  Again,
welcome!   Pete