This Game Of Games

The 1876 Brown Stockings: A Peculiar Struggle

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

The game at Grand Avenue Park yesterday afternoon, between the St. Louis and Louisville base ball nines, resulted in favor of the former, by a score of three to nothing, and was witnessed by about...

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Christ. Von Der Ahe, Lessee

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

The Victoria Cricket and Athletic Club sports will take place, weather permitting, on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, at the Grand Avenue Base Ball Park, kindly furnished for the occasion by Mr....

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1000 Posts

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

This is my 1000th post here at TGOG and I guess that counts as some kind of milestone so I'm breaking out the videos. If you don't like the Beatles, you should probably just skip this and wait for a...

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Joe Battin's Obituary

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Akron, O., Dec. 11 (AP).-Joseph V. Battin, 86, once the highest salaried player in baseball, died here today. Battin's baseball career included 15 years with major clubs, beginning with the...

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The Soft Ball Trick

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

"Frank" Bancroft recently told a story explanatory of the occasional successes in the pitcher's box of George Washington Bradley. According to an exchange it was "Mike" McGeary who taught Bradley...

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John Clapp's Obituary

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Ithaca, N.Y., Dec. 18.-John Clapp, formerly a National League baseball player, dropped dead at midnight last night while in the discharge of his duty as night sergeant of the city police department. ...

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Lip Pike Is Dead

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Lip Pike, once famous as a ball player, is dying at Brooklyn of heart disease.-Chicago Daily Tribune, October 12, 1893 "Lip" Pike, the old centerfielder, is dead. He was famous in the day of the...

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George Bradley's Obituary

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Bradley, First No Hit, No Run Pitcher, Dies at 79 George Washington Bradley, the first man to pitch an official no hit no run game in major league baseball, died at his home (in Philadelphia) last...

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The 1876 Brown Stockings: Bradley Throws A Two-Hit Shutout

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

At Grand Avenue Park yesterday afternoon, Chapman's Crew, as the Louisville base ball players are alliteratively designated, made their first appearance before a St. Louis crowd, and created a very...

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St. Louis Badly Beaten: An Early Von Der Ahe Story

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

President Von der Ahe was almost heart-broken over the defeat of the St. Louis base-ball nine by the Athletic Club to-day. As he walked from the grounds a vision of the champion flag slowly fading...

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Comiskey On The 1886 World Series: Kelly's $10,000 Error

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

During the year before we had won the American Association pennant, and played out the post season series with Anson's White Sox of the National League for the world honors. Although the deciding...

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That Was Chris

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

In 1882 Chris (Von der Ahe) was just beginning his spectacular career of the diamond. He had taken over the old St. Louis Browns, and I was among the first batch of youngsters he engaged, coming on...

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How Hans Wagner Almost Became A Brown

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:30:00 +0000

Twenty-five years ago Chris Von der Ahe, owner of the pennant-winning Browns of (St. Louis), had a chance to buy Hans Wagner from the Louisville Club for $500. Today Wagner draws a salary of $10,000...

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Joe Blong, Storekeeper

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Joseph M. Blong was to-day commissioned Storekeeper for the First Missouri District.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat, March 19, 1886 Just trying to get off the subject of the 1876 Brown Stockings for a few...

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The 1876 Brown Stockings: Louisville Comes To Town

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

The Brown Stockings and Louisvilles will play at the Grand Avenue Park to-day, weather permitting, and a closely-contested game is anticipated. These clubs, in playing each other this season, have...

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The 1876 Brown Stockings: Ross Barnes Was A Heck Of A Player

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Grand Avenue Park was yesterday afternoon the scene of a very exciting game of ball in which the representative nines of Chicago and St. Louis were again the main actors. That these clubs are very...

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The 1876 Brown Stockings: The White-Hosed Gentlemen Have Remained In St. Louis

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

The white-hosed gentlemen, by whom Chicago is represented on the ball field, have remained in St. Louis with the evident determination of to-day wiping out the inglorious defeat administered to them...

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A Little Common Sense Regarding Rain Outs

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Gambling and rain outs. Rain outs and gambling. I feel that I've gotten a bit far afield. I just want to write about baseball for gosh sakes. Now where did I put that list of the twenty-five best...

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More From The Gambler's Archive

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

I'm not trying to be a prude about the whole gambling thing but it's just that given the history of baseball gambling specifically and sports gambling in general I find this glorification of the...

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The 1876 Brown Stockings: Well Ducked With A Vengeance

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

The Chicago White Stockings have been very shabbily treated by the weather clerk since their arrival in St. Louis, and they, as well as the thousands who were present at the Grand Avenue Park...

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The 1876 Brown Stockings: Redemption, Part III

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

The detailed account of the contest by innings, which is appended, will give readers a good idea of how the game was lost and won: First Inning. Chicago-Barnes, after one ball and two called strikes,...

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The 1876 Brown Stockings: Redemption, Part II

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Well Won. A Chicago chicken comes Home to Roost. Goose Eggs Presented to Louisville Returned by St. Louis. The White Stockings Work Hard and Accomplish Nothing. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. The above goose...

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More On Rainouts In 1876

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

We cheerfully accede to a request from some gentlemen interested in the St. Louis Base Ball Club to give to their side of the question the same publicity which we gave to what seemed the popular side...

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The 1876 Brown Stockings: Redemption, Part I

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Yesterday being an off-day at the Base Ball Park on account of the weather, there were many thousands who missed the opportunity of seeing a game that was not only most brilliantly contested, but...

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Rainouts And The 1876 Brown Stockings

thisgameofgames@gmail.com (Jeffrey Kittel) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:23:00 +0000

A National Base Ball Convention seems to be needed to settle the question as to the right of base ball clubs to pocket a couple of thousand dollars of gate money, and then turn the visitors out with...

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