1859 college baseball-plain dress

[bmarlowe1]

This was the game - sharing billing with chess. If I understand it right, the book above says the names of the players were not recorded- but here they are in the box score. I see Blagden and Parker depicted above listed in the box score below, but the others depicted above apparently did not play in that game..

[GaryPassamonte]

Mark- I believe all five played in the second game on 7/2.

[Collector46227]

When I spoke with Williams, they claimed that the "yearbook" did not have any images and that the students would hire photo albums privately and individually. This album which these salt photos were taken out of belonged to Francis Snow, he later became one of the original three faculty members of the University of Kansas and served as Chancellor there for many years.

[Collector46227]

This is a photo of Frank "Francis" H. Snow that was referred to earlier in the postings.

[Collector46227]

This is the published information.

Kind of cool……13 players were selected from each team……..they were selected by ballot by the student body of each school. You had to play the entire game and substitution was only if you were declared disabled. Robert Beecher was the pitcher for Williams, he did hurt his arm but could not leave the game or be substituted, and instead he had to trade positions with another player from the field.

Neither team wore uniforms but the Williams players sported club belts. Each team provided a baseball and a bat. The baseball was a lead pellet wound with yarn and then covered by calfskin. An inning consisted of one out per team but the game still took a very long time it started at 11;00 AM and finished around 2:30.

There was of course a recess between the fifth and sixth innings much like in cricket.

I want one of these club belts if someone has one!!! : )-

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Collector46227

Neither team wore uniforms but the Williams players supported club belts.

The club belts would have supported the players. The players would have 'sported' the belts It was a symbiotic relationship.

(...since Barry isn't paying attention)

[Collector46227]

As the heading read:

Williams and Amherst
Baseball and Chess
Muscle and Mind

There was a chess match the day after the baseball game. Three of the players that played in these matches are listed as E.S. Brewster, Henry Anstice Jr. and Frank "Francis" H. Snow

Williams was not expected to win the baseball game, the Amherst team was made up of older players and it was noted they were more physical then the Williams team, however Williams was expected to win the chess match. This proved to be wrong as Amherst was victorious on both counts. The celebration of the doubleheader victory for Amherst lasted through the evening and carried on to the next day which was July 4th.

Here are the chess players:

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

How did you get your hands on this?