Knickerbocker and Excelsior Clubs
In a game that the Knickerbockers lost to the Excelsior Club, Doc Adams batted 3rd, played 3rd-base and tallied a run.
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Peverelly’s “American Pastimes”: 1849
Doc Adams is mentioned often in Charles A. Peverelly’s 1868 book, “American Pastimes – Containing a History of the Principal Base Ball, Cricket, Rowing, and Yachting Clubs of the United States“. The Book of American Pastimes is an American classic … Continue reading →
Memories of the Father of Base Ball (part 2)
Buffalo, New York August 1939 Written by: Roger Cook Adams “During the present year when the centennial of the first out-break of base ball is being celebrated at Cooperstown, it may be of interest to record the important part played … Continue reading →
Heading To The Baseball Hall Of Fame: Profile Of Doc Adams
In their recent edition of “Scott House Journal” the Ridgefield Historical Society mentions Doc Adams and the hope that he will be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Early Baseball Era Committee this December. The article … Continue reading →
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 Daily Republican on August 17, 1895.
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On August 16, 1898, Henry Chadwick wrote me responding to my letter congratulating him on the title of Father of Base Ball. Mr. Chadwick wrote: “That title of ‘Father of Base Ball’ is out of place. Base like Topsy ‘never had no … Continue reading →
Happy 7th Birthday DocAdamsBaseBall.org!
Doc Adams Base Ball is celebrating it’s 7th birthday! This has been nearly a decade’s long adventure. A lot has happened just since this site was established seven years ago. An engaging and memorable interview of Doc Adams (Marjorie Adams) … Continue reading →
Oliver Wendell Holmes
While Doc was at Harvard Medical School he made the acquaintance of Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.) where they roomed at the same boarding house. In a bit of an interesting twist, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. has a tie to baseball … Continue reading →
Peverelly’s “American Pastimes”: 1848
Doc Adams is mentioned often in Charles A. Peverelly’s 1868 book, “American Pastimes – Containing a History of the Principal Base Ball, Cricket, Rowing, and Yachting Clubs of the United States“. The Book of American Pastimes is an American classic … Continue reading →
Peverelly’s “American Pastimes”: 1847
Doc Adams is mentioned often in Charles A. Peverelly’s 1868 book, “American Pastimes – Containing a History of the Principal Base Ball, Cricket, Rowing, and Yachting Clubs of the United States“. The Book of American Pastimes is an American classic … Continue reading →