Father of Base Ball
The seminal interview of Doc Adams that appeared in the February 29, 1896 Sporting News has surfaced in several places previously. This version appeared in the St Paul Daily Globe on June 30, 1895.
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Father of Base Ball
The seminal interview of Doc Adams that appeared in the February 29, 1896 Sporting News has surfaced in several places previously. This version appeared in the The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette on June 27, 1895.
Continue reading →Knickerbockers vs. the Empires
In a game that the Knickerbockers won 37-23 vs. the Empires on June 25, 1857, Doc led off and tallied 6 runs.
Continue reading →Doc’s Yale Auto-biography
The following is from the “Biographical and Historical Record of the Class of 1835 in Yale College, for the Fifty Years from the Admission of the Class to College” published in 1881 by Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Printers, 371 State Street, New Haven, CT.
Continue reading →First Base Ball Game At Elysian Fields
What is often referred to as the first recorded game played under the Knickerbocker Rules (now believed to be yet another intrasquad game), took place on June 19, 1846, when the Knickerbockers lost to the New York Baseball Club (aka “the New York Nine”) 23–1 in four innings. Elysian Fields First Game
Continue reading →The Bat and Ball Letter
On June 15, 1832, Doc Adams received a letter from his 11-year old sister that has become known as the “Bat and Ball letter“. In the letter his sister Nancy sent to him at school, she said, “I have not played with your bat and ball as you bid me. I forget it every morning and indeed I have not seen it since you went away”.
Continue reading →“The Father of Baseball”: A Biography of Henry Chadwick
In his book, “”The Father of Baseball”: A Biography of Henry Chadwick”, Andrew J. Schiff states: “At this particular stage, only one other person, Dr. Daniel “Doc” Adams of the Knickerbockers, may have had more influence. Doc Adams was elected presiding officer of the first convention of baseball players and was credited with many of the game’s early innovations.”
Continue reading →Knickerbocker BBC 1855
The annual meeting for 1855 was held on the 7th of April. The following officers were elected for the year : A. H. Drummond, President ; E. R. Dupignac, Jr., Vice-President ; Jas. W. Davis, Secretary ; Geo. A. Brown, Treasurer. Directors—D. L. Adams C. S. DeBost, Wm. B. Eager, Jr.
Continue reading →A Little Knickerbocker Base Ball Club History
On June 5, 1846, the first honorary members were elected, viz. James Lee and Abraham Tucker, At the same meeting Curry, [Doc] Adams, and Tucker were appointed a committee to arrange the preliminaries, and conclude a match with the New York Base Ball Club. From all the information the writer has been able to gather, it appears that this was not an organized club, but merely a party of gentlemen who played together frequently, and styled themselves the New York Club. “The Book of American Pastimes”, Charles Peverelly (1866)
Continue reading →Biographical Dictionary of American Sports
David L. Porter provides a biography of Doc Adams in his book, “Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: A-F”.
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