Saturday, August 27, 2011

The Players Were All Out Practicing

The lovely weather of yesterday afternoon brought a great crowd to the Union Grounds. The players, attired in their dark blue uniforms, were all out practicing...

Dan Devinney will umpire Sunday's game between the Unions and Union Reserves...

The reporters' stand at the Union Grounds was put up yesterday, and is just large enough to accommodate the working members of the different dailies. Only working reporters need apply...

Superintendent Richards was at work all day on the diamond and base lines at the Union Grounds. The lines have been filled with a compost of clay and sand, and present a bounding, smooth and even surface...
-St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 4, 1884

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