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mjj55409 · 04-21-2010, 10:35 AM

NY Times
Monday, August 28th, 1871

There was a most anticipated base-ball this afternoon between the Mutual of this city and the White Stockings of Chicago. 1118 spectators crowded into Union Grounds to see the Chicago club, winners of all 4 of their association matches this month. The Mutual have been playing well of late, winning 9 of 12 matches since the start of July. On this afternoon, the Mutual were the victors, by a score of 6 to 5, in a match which took all of 14 innings to conclude. And on this day, when the Mutual collected 19 safe hits, the star of the game was perhaps LEVERETT of Chicago, who as switch pitcher, pitched for 6 frames and allowed the Mutual only 1 safe hit. It was all in vain for the White Stockings, however.

Emory Leverett

04-21-2010, 10:35 AM	#13 (permalink)
mjj55409 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 675 Thanks: 19 Thanked 114x in 98 posts	The Most Anticipated Base-ball Match NY Times Monday, August 28th, 1871 There was a most anticipated base-ball this afternoon between the Mutual of this city and the White Stockings of Chicago. 1118 spectators crowded into Union Grounds to see the Chicago club, winners of all 4 of their association matches this month. The Mutual have been playing well of late, winning 9 of 12 matches since the start of July. On this afternoon, the Mutual were the victors, by a score of 6 to 5, in a match which took all of 14 innings to conclude. And on this day, when the Mutual collected 19 safe hits, the star of the game was perhaps LEVERETT of Chicago, who as switch pitcher, pitched for 6 frames and allowed the Mutual only 1 safe hit. It was all in vain for the White Stockings, however. Emory Leverett __________________ The Alternative History of Baseball -- A fictional history of baseball. (Html) The Baseball Chronicle: Brooklyn Dodgers Last edited by mjj55409; 04-21-2010 at 10:36 AM.