Monthly Archives: May 2018

The Fly Game

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In the May 29, 1859 issue of The Sunday Mercury, a weekly New York newspaper that extensively covered the expanding world of base ball playing, an untitled paragraph announced the possibility of a forthcoming game that would be strikingly different from all others played during the past few years: “We have heard it rumored — we do not know with what truth — that the Knickerbocker Club, of this city, will shortly play a match with the Excelsior Club, of Brooklyn, in which they will repudiate catching the ball upon the bound.” William Cauldwell, the editor of the newspaper, predicted … Continue reading →

Excitement Continues to Grow

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Anticipation and excitement continues to grow for the display of Doc Adams’ handwritten ‘Laws of Base Ball’ at the library of Congress in time for the All-Star game to be hosted by Washington. It will be on public display for only the second time since changed the course of baseball in 1857. The ‘Laws of Base Ball” authored by Doc Adams will be the centerpiece of a Major Exhibition on the Game coming to the Library of Congress. The year-long exhibition will open on June 29. The exhibition will explore baseball’s past and present and how the game has forged a sense … Continue reading →

The ‘Laws of Base Ball” Are Coming to the Library of Congress

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The ‘Laws of Base Ball” authored by Doc Adams will be the centerpiece of a Major Exhibition on the Game coming to the Library of Congress. The year-long exhibition will open on June 29. The exhibition will explore baseball’s past and present and how the game has forged a sense of community for players and fans across the country. “The founding documents of baseball that would shape the modern game as our national pastime were ironed out in January and February 1857 at a convention called by the Knickerbockers Base Ball Club in New York City. Corrections were made by hand as … Continue reading →

Doc Adams Elected Knickerbockers’ Vice-President

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The Knickerbockers held elections annually to determine who would serve as officials. At the club’s second election, held on May 5, 1846, Adams was named the Knickerbockers’ vice president. At an April 1847 meeting, he became the president of the team, and was re-elected in 1848 and 1849. He was the leader of a “Committee to Revive the Constitution and By-Laws” of baseball in 1848.

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