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Charlton's Baseball Chronology - 1867
May
| May 1 |
Bat and Ball magazine‚ in its 2nd year of publication‚ reports in its May 1 issue that in a game played in San Francisco on February 22 the Eagles routed the Pacifics‚ 70-22. The editorial in the 4-page publication states "this season‚ which is now opening‚ bids fair to be one of the most exciting that our National Game is likely to know." Another article urges umpires to be more diligent in insuring that pitchers throw where the strikers indicate they want the pitches to be. |
| May 4 |
Princeton wins the first game of its series with Yale‚ 58-52. |
| May 15 |
On the Boston Common‚ the first of three games for the championship of New England is played. The Lowell Club‚ holder of the Silver Ball Trophy‚ defeats the Harvard Club‚ 37-28. Harvard will win the next match. |
June
| June 1 |
In the deciding game for the New England championship‚ Harvard scores 12 runs in the 4th and defeats Lowell‚ 39-28. |
July
| July 2 |
With 5‚000 fans on hand for the return match between the Unions of Morrisania and the visiting Irvington club‚ the New Jerseyites break a 14-14 tie with 7 runs in the 7th. Irvington wins‚ 26-22. |
| July 4 |
The Cincinnati Baseball Club plays its first match a the Union Grounds‚ in back of Cincinnati's Lincoln Park‚ whipping Louisville‚ 60-24. It is the first game in Cincinnati at which the general public attends‚ an admission is charged‚ and a newspaper writes up the game. |
| July 9 |
The champion Atlantics win their 2nd game of 2 with Eckford‚ 11-4‚ with the game called after 6 innings. John Chapman‚ the Atlantics star outfielder‚ is out for the year with injuries from lifting heavy weights. |
| July 11 |
The National Club of Washington departs on the first western trip ever made by a ball club. They will travel a total of 3‚000 miles and cover 5 states. The Nationals have the same team as last season with the addition of George Wright at SS. |
| July 15 |
In Cincinnati‚ the Nationals hand the Cincinnati Red Stockings their only loss of 1867‚ 53-10. The Cincinnati club will finish the year at 17-1. |
| July 26 |
The largest crowd to see a ball game in Chicago pay $.50 each watch the Nationals snap back from their loss yesterday to Rockford by whipping the Excelsiors of Chicago‚ 49-4. |
| July 27 |
The Nationals wind up their Western trip with a 76-17 win over the Chicago Atlantics. |
| July 31 |
The Champion Atlantics play a Championship match with the Union Club of Morrisania at the home park in Melrose‚ NY. A crowd of 8‚000+ see the Unions humble the champs‚ 32-19. |
August
| August 8 |
A Grand match for the benefit of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund is played between picked nines from New York and Brooklyn at the Union Grounds. New York wins the well-played game‚ 13-7. |
| August 12 |
The Atlantics beat the Mutuals‚ 18-15‚ in the first match of the season series between the 2 clubs. George Zettlein pitches the win. |
| August 14 |
In one of the best-played games of the year‚ Union of Morrisania edges the Mutuals‚ 9-8‚ in 10 innings. John Goldie hits a game-winning home run. |
| August 16 |
In an exciting game before 7‚000 fans at the Union Grounds‚ the visiting Athletics beat the Mutuals‚ 18-16. |
| August 26 |
Six thousand fans are on hand at the new grounds of the Washington Nationals for a 3 p.m. game with the Mutuals. Two hours later‚ President Johnson and several members of his staff arrive and a re assigned seats on the balcony of the clubhouse. Johnson‚ who it is said of played baseball as a youngster‚ stays to the end of the game and shows great interest. The Mutes win‚ 40-16. |
| August 28 |
The Mutuals play the Athletics in Philadelphia‚ winning 23-21. |
September
| September 2 |
The Cincinnati Club beats up on the Holt Club of Newport‚ KY‚ winning 109-15. Two Red Stocking players‚ John C. How and Harry Wright‚ hit 7 homers each. Wright‚ the old NY Knickerbocker was hired in August‚ 1865‚ by George Ellard to come to Cincinnati to be a bowler for the Union Cricket Club at a salary of $1‚200 a year. He switched back to baseball after the Reds were organized. When the Reds moved their games from the foot of 9th Street to the Union Cricket Club grounds‚ many cricket players switched to baseball. |
| September 16 |
The Champion Atlantics play host to the Athletics of Philadelphia and draw a crowd of 15‚000. The Atlantics win‚ 28-16. |
| September 18 |
The Athletics of Philadelphia play another game at the Union Grounds‚ this time losing a close game‚ 18-17‚ to the Mutuals. The A's are unable to solve the slow pitches of "Phonney" Martin and lose the game on a passed ball in the bottom of the 9th. |
October
| October 4 |
At Brooklyn's Satellite Grounds‚ two black teams play a match called by the Daily Union‚ "the championship of colored clubs." The Philadelphia Excelsior's outscore the Brooklyn Uniques‚ 37-24‚ in a game called after 7 innings on account of darkness. |
| October 10 |
The Union Club of Morrisania takes the 1867 Championship‚ winning their 2nd game of the series‚ 14-13‚ over the Atlantics. Charley Pabor is the winning pitcher. |
| October 16 |
At the convention of the Pennsylvania BaseBall Association at the Court House in Harrisburg‚ the application of the Pythians‚ a prominent black club from Philadelphia‚ to join the organization is withdrawn after it is clear that a majority of the delegates are against it. The Pythian representative later writes "Before closing this already too lengthy report your delegate feels bound to state that all the delegates seemed disposed to show their sympathy and respect for our club by [crossed out: their] showing him every possible courtecy [sic] & kindness. While at dinner Messrs. Hayhurst‚ Rogers and others invited him to attend the base ball match that was to be played that afternoon in company with them‚ which was accepted. And on the ["road"?‚ illegible] & at the match‚ your delegate cannot speak too highly of the kind attentions which these gentlemen showed him and their expressions of friendship for our club." |
December
| December 9 |
The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players bans blacks "on political grounds." The Nominating Committee‚ in issuing a blanket acceptance of new applicants‚ states that‚ "It is not presumed by your committee that any club who have applied are composed of persons of color‚ or any portion of them; and the recommendations of our committee in this report are based upon this view‚ and they unanimously report against the admission of any club which may be composed of one or more colored persons." The Base Ball Chronicle of December 19 reports that "the report of the Nominating Committee...was presented‚ the feature of it being there commendation to exclude colored clubs from representation in the Association‚ the object being to keep out of the Convention the discussion of any subject having a political bearing‚ as this undoubtedly had." |
