Doc Appointed Delegate To The 1st Convention Of Base Ball Clubs
At a meeting held February 27, 1858, Messrs. D. L. Adams and W. H. Grenelle were appointed delegates to the first convention of Base Ball Clubs, to be held on the 10th of March. The first meeting of the Convention … Continue reading →
Rules Adopted!
The 1857 Convention of Base Ball Players met for the second and final time on February 25 at Smith’s Hotel, the headquarters of the Knickerbocker Club, with the following clubs represented: Knickerbocker, Gotham, Eagle, Empire, Putnam, Baltic, Excelsior, Atlantic, Harmony, … Continue reading →
An Old Baseball Player
An article in the New Haven Courier reports on the death of “an old baseball player”, recounting Henry Chadwick’s letter to the Sporting Life.
Continue reading →Reminiscences Of The Late Dr. Daniel Adams
On January 31, 1899, Henry Chadwick wrote to the editor of Sporting Life with reminiscences of his late friend and baseball pioneer, Dr. Daniel Lucius ‘Doc’ Adams. The letter was published on the front page of the February 4, 1899 … Continue reading →
Never Too Early To Think About Homework
Jay Jaffe of FanGraphs made a great point prior to Doc Adams eligibility for the 2021 (2022) Hall of Fame ballot. Unfortunately, the homework wasn’t done, and Adams astonishingly did not appear on the ballot. Nor was the homework done … Continue reading →
1857 Convention Of Base Ball Players
The 1857 Convention of Base Ball Players met for the first time on January 22 at Smith’s Hotel, the headquarters of the Knickerbocker Club, with the following clubs represented: Knickerbocker, Gotham, Eagle, Empire, Putnam, Baltic, Excelsior, Atlantic, Harmony, Harlem, Eckford, … Continue reading →
Doc’s Yale Auto-biography
The following auto-biography 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 … Continue reading →
‘Laws Of Base Ball’ To Be Exhibited At The Hall Of Fame
BREAKING NEWS: DOC ADAMS’ GROUNDBREAKING 1857 ‘LAWS OF BASE BALL’ TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE HALL O FAME. On December 6th, 1856, the Knickerbockers formed a three-man committee headed by Daniel Lucius ‘Doc’ Adams (with William Grenelle and Louis Wadsworth) … Continue reading →
New York Infirmary and Vaccine Physician NYC
In 1839, Dr. Daniel L. Adams began established his practice in New York City and continued there for twenty-seven years. For most of that time he was closely connected with theNew York Dispensary, and was appointed attending physician from 1839 … Continue reading →
Doc Adams Remembered In The New York Clipper
The New York Clipper, an entertainment newspaper published in New York City from 1853 to 1924, according to its masthead, was “The Oldest American Sporting and Theatrical Journal”. It was the standard bearer of sports weeklies during the 19th century. … Continue reading →