The Chicago Tribune states that the Bostons will disband at the end of the season‚ with the Wrights going to Cincinnati

The Chicago Tribune states that the Bostons will disband at the end of the season‚ with the Wrights going to Cincinnati

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The Chicago Tribune states that the Bostons will disband at the end of the season‚ with the Wrights going to Cincinnati to form a club there. The Chicago White Stockings 9 for 1876 will include Al Spalding‚ James “Deacon” White‚ Ross Barnes‚ and Cal McVey of Boston. Harry Wright‚ having lunch at Taunton‚ where the Bostons are playing‚ is told by McVey he isn’t going to play in Boston next year. Wright thinks McVey is joking until he finds out after lunch that 4 players are going to Chicago.

The finest game ever played in Keokuk‚ Iowa sees the Westerns battle the Boston Reds before losing‚ 6 – 4. A crowd of 300 is on hand. When the Reds get their share of the gate receipts – $13 – they elect to forfeit tomorrow’s match and head back to Chicago. A few more events like this and the short-lived Keokuk club packs it in June 16th.

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On June 10, 1875 The finest game ever played in Keokuk‚ Iowa sees the Westerns battle the Boston Reds before losing‚ 6 – 4. A crowd of 300 is on hand. When the Reds get their share of the gate receipts – $13 – they elect to forfeit tomorrow’s match and head back to Chicago. A few more events like this and the short-lived…

Chicago celebrates its return home after a 4-week eastern trip by defeating the league-leading Boston Red Stockings 17-16 before 10‚000 spectators. Pitcher George Zettlein bats in John Peters with the inning run in the 10th. Ross Barnes has 6 hits for the losers. And the end of today the Reds are (26-7); the A’s (20-9)‚ and the Mutes (15-13).

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Chicago celebrates its return home after a 4-week eastern trip by defeating the league-leading Boston Red Stockings 17-16 before 10‚000 spectators. Pitcher George Zettlein bats in John Peters with the inning run in the 10th. Ross Barnes has 6 hits for the losers. And the end of today the Reds are (26-7); the A’s (20-9)‚ and the Mutes (15-13).

1874 – At the fourth meeting of the National Association in Boston, the batter’s box is officially adopted. It is also decided that expulsion will be the penalty for any player betting on his own team and any player betting on any other team will forfeit his pay.

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1874 – At the fourth meeting of the National Association in Boston, the batter’s box is officially adopted. It is also decided that expulsion will be the penalty for any player betting on his own team and any player betting on any other team will forfeit his pay.

1874 – At the fourth meeting of the National Association of Professional Baseball Players in Boston, the batter’s box is officially adopted. It is also decided that expulsion will be the penalty for any player betting on his own team and any player betting on any other team will forfeit his pay.

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1874 – At the fourth meeting of the National Association of Professional Baseball Players in Boston, the batter’s box is officially adopted. It is also decided that expulsion will be the penalty for any player betting on his own team and any player betting on any other team will forfeit his pay.

In a slugging contest between Boston and Baltimore‚ the Reds score 32 runs on 32 hits‚ while the Lords tally 13 runs on 17 hits. Ross Barnes has 6 hits while the Reds Jim O’Rourke has 5 hits and 6 runs.

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In a slugging contest between Boston and Baltimore‚ the Reds score 32 runs on 32 hits‚ while the Lords tally 13 runs on 17 hits. Ross Barnes has 6 hits while the Reds Jim O’Rourke has 5 hits and 6 runs.

The largest crowd of the year‚ 10‚000‚ jams the grounds at 25th and Jefferson to see the Athletics play the Philadelphias. The Philadelphias score 5 runs in the 7th to win, 7 – 5.

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On June 11, 1873 The largest crowd of the year‚ 10‚000‚ jams the grounds at 25th and Jefferson to see the Athletics play the Philadelphias. The Philadelphias score 5 runs in the 7th to win, 7 – 5.