Baltimore Orioles versus Brooklyn Grays scorecard, 1887 August 07

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Baltimore Orioles versus Brooklyn Grays scorecard

Date1887 August 07

DescriptionThe scorecard is from the Baltimore Orioles vs. Brooklyn Grays game on August 7, 1887 at Washington Park in Brooklyn, New York. With newspaper research and box scores it was determined that this game was played on August 7, 1887. Brooklyn won the game by a score of 12 to 12. The scorecard was printed with black ink, with the line-ups pasted in, and filled in with pencil. The scorecard opens horizontally. On the scorecard there are advertisements for Hannis Distilling Co., Newcomb & Co., and F.R. Tripler & Co. There is an insert sheet that includes advertisements for "The finest," future Brooklyn baseball games, and Nolan Bros. The front cover has a color image of a batter with his hat over his eyes and throwing away a baseball bat over his right shoulder. The caption at the bottom reads "Three strikes and out."

Object numberBL-1953-00083-05

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Sage, John B.

Subject New York Giants (Baseball team)

Subject Detroit Wolverines (Baseball team)

Subject National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Collection NumberBA MSS 011 19th Century scorecards

Dimensions4. 25 x 6.75 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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