The 1890s

3 clippings from the 1890s.

News item headed Indoor Base Ball, Another Game Tonight, Gossip About Games Now Being Arranged, reporting that the teams from Companies B and I of Minneapolis will cross bats at the armory, that professional players Foster, Hengle and Dugdale are organizing a team, and that Chicago has gone wild on the game with several leagues down there.

Indoor Base Ball. Another Game Tonight

The Saint Paul Daily Globe
Minneapolis, Minnesota · 1891

Base Ball column from 1891 San Antonio previewing a Galveston series, noting Longley throws a good speedy curve, that Butler is slightly disabled, that this is ladies day at the ball park and turning out encourages the players to play ball when the fair sex is well represented, ending with the full San Antonio and Galveston lineups.

This is ladies day at the ball park

San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas · 1891

Boxed advertisement with a scalloped border reading Opera House, Don't Forget the Base Ball Game To-Night, Admission 10 Cents.

Opera House. Don't Forget the Base Ball Game To-Night

The Daily Leader
Madison, South Dakota · 1899