Rochester House of Refuge
In 1875 the Civil War was still playing out in an enormous orphanage and reformatory in Rochester, New York. The House of Refuge was home to thousands of boys left homeless by war and social neglect. Here we see a base ball game in progress within the walls of the institution, with a large crowd ...
Jimmy Dykes
This is a Wide World Agency photograph from August 12, 1939. Let me quote from the paper caption on the back: “Detroit Tigers got a kick out of this. When Jimmy Dykes was tossed out of Thursday’s game in Detroit and was on his way to the club house, he was given the usual ‘ride’ ...
Huzzah!
Most of us have witnessed the scene of re-enacting base ball players, playing the old style game, ending their play with a celebratory cheer, the most common version I have heard, being ‘Huzzah!’ This practice has been copied from the sporting reports of the 1860s, from news reports in the papers, and discussions of the ...
