Brooklyn Eagle
July 31, 1873
More amateur clubs play ball of a Saturday afternoon in and around the metropolis this season, than there were clubs in existence in all the States ten years ago. There are, in Philadelphia alone, no less than one hundred and sixty base ball clubs. Ten years ago the number of clubs represented in the National Convention was but twenty-eight. Peck and Snyder do a $10,000 a year business now in base ball materials alone.
July closes with the leading clubs occupying the following positions:
Code:
Clubs. Won. Lost.Played.
Mutual................20 9 29
Baltimore.............20 19 39
Philadelphia..........18 13 31
Boston................15 14 29
Athletic..............13 14 27
Atlantic..............11 16 27
Among the co-operatives, Elizabeth has won 7 and lost 14; Washington won 7 and lost 12; and the Maryland Club has now disbanded, having won 3 and lost 3.
Tom Armstrong (40 bases, 20 runs) of the Mutual and Ben Hanna (89 bases, 34 runs) and John Reese (68 bases, 41 runs) of the Baltimore Club are among the leading batsmen of the Association. Philadelphia amateur Tom Fuller (73 bases, 27 runs) has proven that he belongs playing with the professionals.
l-to-r Tom Armstrong, Ben Hanna, John Reese, Tom Fuller