Grand_base_ball_match_for_the_championship,_between_the_'Excelsior'_and_'Atlantic'_clubs,_of_Brooklyn,_at_the_Excelsior_Grounds,_South_Brooklyn,_on_Thursday,_July_19_-_NYIN_1860.jpg


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Grand Base Ball Match for the Championship, Between the Excelsior and Atlantic Clubs, of Brooklyn, at the Excelsior Grounds, South Brooklyn, on Thursday, July 19
Artist
J.H. Gooter. Sc. Del.
Author
New York Illustrated News
Title
Grand Base Ball Match for the Championship, Between the Excelsior and Atlantic Clubs, of Brooklyn, at the Excelsior Grounds, South Brooklyn, on Thursday, July 19
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
English: Grand Base Ball Match for the Championship, Between the Excelsior and Atlantic Clubs,of Brooklyn, at the Excelsior Grounds, South Brooklyn, on Thursday, July 19. — from a Sketch Made by Our Own Artist.

Per newspaper reports on the 20th, Excelsior won the game 23-4 behind the pitching of Jim Creighton. The game was played at the Excelsior grounds at the foot of Court Street.
The stance of the pitcher as depicted matches known photographs of Creighton's stance.

Illustration published in New-York Illustrated News (NYIN), August 4, 1860.
Depicted place South Brooklyn
Date 4 August 1860
date QS:P571,+1860-08-04T00:00:00Z/11
Medium Wood engraving
Credit line New York Illustrated News
Source/Photographer New York Illustrated News
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