The final championship match for 1871 takes place on the Union Grounds in Brooklyn between the Athletics and the Chicago White Stockings. The Championship Committee decrees that today’s game will decide the winner of the pennant. Chicago‚ having played all of its games on the road since the fire‚ appears in an assorted array of uniforms. Theirs were all lost during the fire. The 4-1 victory by the Athletics gives them the championship for 1871. The final putout in the game is made by Nate Berkenstock‚ a 40-year-old retired amateur who appears in his only professional game. With a birth year of 1831‚ he is the oldest player to appear in a NA game.

On October 30, 1871 The final championship match for 1871 takes place on the Union Grounds in Brooklyn between the Athletics and the Chicago White Stockings. The Championship Committee decrees that today’s game will decide the winner of the pennant. Chicago‚ having played all of its games on the road since the fire‚ appears in an assorted array of uniforms. Theirs were all lost during the fire. The 4-1 victory by the Athletics gives them the championship for 1871. The final putout in the game is made by Nate Berkenstock‚ a 40-year-old retired amateur who appears in his only professional game. With a birth year of 1831‚ he is the oldest player to appear in a NA game.

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