1890's Scoreboard Etiquette
 

I'm researching an 1890's South End Grounds game play snapshot. I am trying to decipher the scoreboard and was curious if anyone can confirm (with absolution) that it was common in the 1890's to use the:

"Visiting team [at] Home team" order, that is standard practice today.

Thanks for any help, references or guidance!

I don't know about the scoreboards, but the box scores were normally printed with the home team listed above the visiting team, regardless of who batted last.

I appreciate the insight! Thanks!

I am narrowing down the list of possible game combinations and have a follow up question to scoreboard etiquette. The first match-up (whether it translates in the uploaded photo or not) is: PHILA vs. CINCI

I've narrowed down a date (range) that all of the teams played each other and several of the teams played double headers, within that range- Philadelphia and Cincinnati being one of those match-ups.

Could the 1st inning score on the scoreboard represent the outcome of the 1st game?

Here's my logic: The blanks for innings 2 through 4 are to differentiate the status of the 2nd game from the 1st game. Meaning that the 2nd game is in the 5th inning with a score of 3 (PHILA) to 1(?) or 4(?) (CINCI).

They could also, just be conserving "0"s.

Would love some opinions on this! Thanks in advance!

I recommend that you check the Sporting Life issues for the dates that you are considering and look at the box scores to see what matches with the information on the scoreboards.

https://digital.la84.org/digital/col...n/p17103coll17

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Excellent, thank you!