19th Century Trophy Balls

[aelefson]

Hi-

I also have one of the white/green trophy balls (1871). They are definitely not Lehigh U balls, but I believe they were purchased from the university. I know the person who bought them and will try to get more details when I next see him (hopefully at Brimfield in September). I believe another friend of mine has knowledge of these as well, and I will try to find out more from him when I can. I believe they were found in 1995. I have seen pictures of about 5 or 6 others plus the one you have and mine.

Alan

[Yanks23]

Here is one that just sneaks into 19th Century: A Princeton/Yale ball from the June 17, 1899 game between the two schools. Princeton won 11-4.

The front of the ball with the score looks great, whereas the side with the date and location is not as clear.

You will notice that "New York" is the location for this game. Yale and Princeton played one another 3 times each year. One game at each school, and the third at a neutral site in New York. I'm still not sure exactly which field in NY that they played at.

Included in the third picture is an order form for Yale undergraduate students to purchase tickets for the June 3, 1899 home game against Princeton. Yale won that game 8-0. On June 10, 1899, Princeton won their home game 6-2. And as you can see on the trophy ball, Princeton won 11-4 in the NY game, and what was their season finale.

Princeton went 18-9 in 1899, including two wins against Harvard. Interestingly enough, 3 of Princeton's losses came at the hands of Georgetown that year. Yale went 19-12 in 1899.

[mmilla07]

Attachment 472183Not a game ball but an actual trophy in ball form.

[jpop43]

Don’t wanna hijack the thread here but was wondering if we might include 19th C. trophies in general for the sake of continuing the discussion. These baseballs are simply wonderful, but how about we look to add trophy bats, printed presentation materials, and trophies (cups, medals, etc) themselves.

Jon
www.dugouttreasures.com

[sphere and ash]

Unions of Morrisania, giving the ball an association with member and master ball maker John Van Horn.

[Yanks23]

Awesome ball, Paul! Keep those balls coming, all!

Jonathan, I dig the idea, but let’s keep this 19th Century Ball thread a…ball thread. You should definitely start up a separate thread for the types of other 19th Century stuff you want to see. Then there will be a 19th Century ball thread, bat thread, etc. always archived for easy access and additions without getting too convoluted.

[GaryPassamonte]

1875 silver trophy ball from Franklin Co NY. Unfortunately, a fuzzy image due to my technological shortcomings.