Washington, D.C.

6 clippings from Washington, D.C..

Tall newspaper column headed Outgrowth of the Game of Town Ball, with the deck A. G. Spalding Tells of His Research Into the Origin of the National Game, in which Spalding traces base ball from the colonial games of One Old Cat, Two Old Cat, Three Old Cat and Four Old Cat through town ball, quotes pioneer H. H. Waldo of Rockford on town meetings, gingerbread and cider, describes the square town ball field with goals sixty feet apart, tallies kept by notching a flat stick, and follows the Massachusetts game of base ball until it died a natural death and the New York game became the only game of base ball played anywhere in the world.

Outgrowth of the Game of Town Ball

Evening Star
Washington, D.C. · 1908

Large 1912 newspaper advertisement for Morton C. Stout and Co., the National Tailors, headed We Are Making Them Now for $12.50, with a drawing of a batter finishing his swing, copy about suitings worth $18 to $20, and a boxed offer of a $25 suit of clothes free to the first Washington ball player to make a home run in a championship game on the home grounds.

A $25 Suit of Clothes Free to the First Washington Ball Player to Make a Home Run

The Washington Herald
Washington, D.C. · 1912

Wide bordered advertisement announcing the grand opening of the Eastern League baseball season, Ben H. Taylor's Washington Potomacs vs. the world famous Cuban Stars of Havana, Cuba, at American League Park, 7th Street and Florida Avenue, three big days April 24, 25 and 26, games called at 3:30 p.m., covered stands 50 cents, grand stand 75 cents, box seats $1.10.

Show your appreciation by supporting your home team

Washington Potomacs
Washington, D.C. · 1924

Sale! Baseball Gloves

Plaza Sport Shop
Washington, D.C. · 1949

News story headed High-Class Baseball Promised As Girl Teams Battle Tonight, previewing an exhibition at Griffith Stadium between the Fort Wayne Daisies and Racine Belles at 8:15, with a photo of pitcher Isabel Alvarez captioned Pitches tonight. Manager Max Carey is expected to use his two Cuban hurlers, Mirta Marrero and Isabel Alvarez. Maxine Kline, the leading hurler in the All-American Girls League with a 47-14 two-year record, starts for the Belles. Betty Foss, the league's leading hitter at .346, smacked three hits last night. Carey, former star of the Pittsburgh Pirates, claims the girls play sound, smart ball as good as most minor league teams.

High-Class Baseball Promised As Girl Teams Battle Tonight

Fort Wayne Daisies
Washington, D.C. · 1951

Story by Bill Fuchs headed Girls' Pro Nines Clash Tonight If Ahearn Weather Permits, reporting that Jimmy Foxx and Guy Bush were each drawn into girls' baseball by long-time friends and neither would give it up. Bush's Battle Creek Belles and Foxx's Fort Wayne Daisies, members of the American Girls' Professional Baseball League, play at Griffith Stadium at 8 o'clock, weather permitting. Bush praises Sophie Kurys as the fastest girl that ever played, and the story ends with Bush declaring, with Foxx nodding agreement, this is not softball, this is girls' professional baseball, period.

Girls' Pro Nines Clash Tonight If 'Ahearn Weather' Permits

Battle Creek Belles
Washington, D.C. · 1952