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Post by B-J Forum Admin on Jul 7, 2004 8:32:11 GMT -5
bay-journal.com/utl/ml/bjm-0407.htmlClarkson played minor league baseball in Bay City and Saginaw during the 1880s. He went on to the majors where he excelled as a pitcher. When he retired, he was the winningest pitcher of all time. Many of his records still rank him among baseball's all time great pitchers. Read his history, then comment about it or other local ballplayers here.
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Post by B-J Forum Admin on Oct 3, 2005 7:02:55 GMT -5
More on local baseball! Base ball, as it was spelled early on, began in Bay City around 1882, according to the following article appeared in the Bay City Tribune on Sep. 3, 1884:
The Original Bay Citys.
In looking over THE TRIBUNE files, we found an account of a game of base ball played in 1882 between the Bay Citys and Mascottes, in which the score was 24 to 4 in favor of the former. The Bay Citys were composed of Chat Morgan, second base, who removed to Cleveland last fall, Frank Robards, short stop, who went to Saginaw to take charge of the National tea store. Fred Simon was pitcher. Jabe Sawell was third baseman, Curt Pierce, first baseman, and Judge Webster, Mack Graham, George Hood, Herb Gustin and others played in the outfield. These were the original Bay Citys.
There are several articles from the late 1880s that have been added to the Heritage/Writings section of Bay-Journal, which may be seen by choosing "Sports" on the menu of this page: bay-journal.com/bay/1he/writings.htmlInterest in the history of local base ball has been inspired by the Bay City Independents, a new vintage base ball club that plays at Carroll Park in Bay City using rules for the game established in the 1860s. Back then gloves were not used and a ball caught on the first bounce was considered an out. You can learn more about the rules on their website: www.baycitybaseballclub.com/Their website also has a history page about local base ball with a number of photos showing some of the players. Looking for additional history or comments about local base ball in the Tri-City area. |
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