1880 Letter Referencing Base Ball

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This is a letter from a player with reference to his base ball team the Meadville Mutuals. The player is John O. McClintock (catcher) and his brother is also mentioned, Wilber "Will" McClintock.

From this letter: "I expected to go to Cleveland and play that game of ball today but did not get away & since I concluded not to go. I heard the game did not come off. Will is out of a job now unless he strikes one at Cleveland..."

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Their team was from Meadville, Pa. Not sure who they'd be traveling to play in Cleveland but must have been a pretty good team to travel that far.

There is a good article that can be read about this team at:

http://www.crawfordhistorical.org/ch...uals-baseball/

Excerpt from the internet: "Members of the team changed out here and there but the core remained the same from that of their early days. C.W. Lane was the team’s pitcher, and team captain, John O. McClintock the catcher. First base was held by Guy Fountain; third base belonged to R.E. McKelvey, and W.H. Rose had second base and sometime shortstop. The outfield was comprised of W.R. McCoy (right), Wilber McClintock (center), and W. Branyan (left). John Sergeant had once retired from being the team as a second baseman, but with news of the trip, rejoined the Mututals who had also added a Mr. Hapgood, a former member of the College Nine to play short stop. Along with their managers, Mr. Whitney and B. Blum, the Mutuals hit the dusty roads of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York to play ball."

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