The Sport
May 1858
Magnolia Base Ball Club Claims Exclusion
Advertisement for the End-of-Season First Annual Ball for the Magnolia Club (c. 1842)
New York -- Among the organized groups that played baseball before the Knickerbockers were the New York, Brooklyn, Olympic, and Magnolia clubs. The last named is the only group still active. However, the Magnolias have never been invited to play other New York or Brooklyn clubs nor were they invited to the NABBP’s organizational meeting in March. Some members of the club claim they are excluded because their ball club is composed not of white-collar sorts and professionals with shorter workdays, but sporting-life characters, from ward heelers to billiard-room operators and bigamists. They venture to guess that the Magnolias are deemed too unseemly a bunch to associate with the clubs that like to present more gentlemanly airs to the public.
The Magnolias were founded in the early 1840’s. The president of the group was 29-year-old, Irish-born John McKibbin Jr. He was a U.S. inspector—a patronage position perhaps obtained through the good offices of his father, who in an aldermanic stroke of fortune in 1835 had been named the city’s first Superintendent of Pavements. Seven years after calling the Magnolia Ball Club to muster and chowder, the younger McKibbin found himself a resident of Sing Sing, convicted of bigamy.
The vice president and actual leader of the club, Joseph Carlisle, was the 26-year-old proprietor of the Magnolia Lunch and Saloon at 74 Chambers Street, corner of Broadway, offering “the best of Wines, Liquors, Segars, and every other requisite.” Why was this northern eatery named for a flower symbolic of the South? Perhaps to signal to the sporting crowd that this was a “full-service” house of the sort pleasing to Southerners in New York on business, and to the gamblers who left New Orleans after it banned gambling in 1835. The Magnolia Lunch advertised in New Orleans as well as in New York. In the rampant sporting culture of the day, Carlisle was an up-and-comer who went on to run, in addition to the Magnolia Lunch, the Fountain at 167 Walker Street near the Bowery, the Ivy Green in Hoboken, and an unnamed sporting house at 89 Centre Street opposite the Tombs, the city’s Egyptianate prison, where all the while he double-dipped as a jailer.
The Magnolia Ball Club secretary, Andrew Lester, was a 27-year-old billiard-room proprietor and Tammany Democrat, linked with Isaiah Rynders’ Empire Club, the pugilistic arm of the party (which gave its name to the Empire Base Ball Club in 1854), enforcing discipline on the rank and file and striking fear into undecided voters.
All three Magnolia officers had impeccable working-class, sporting, ruffian, and political associations of the sort that have been associated only with the unruly Brooklyn clubs of the mid-1850s, notably the Atlantics. Indeed, the Magnolia Ball Club was precisely the sort of poison for which the gentlemanly Knickerbocker Base Ball Club was created as an antidote…two years later.
The club was one of the first to play matches at the Elysian Fields, these days a mecca among the New York and Brooklyn ball clubs. The Magnolias lament the fact that exclusion from the rest of the base ball world has taken a severe toll on the club. Membership has dwindled to the point where they can barely gather enough men to play an intra-squad match. Many left for other area base ball clubs. Others have left the game entirely. Those who remain fear the Magnolias soon will go the way of the New York, Brooklyn and Olympic clubs and become an extinct relic of base ball as it was before the Knickerbockers.
Philadelphia Cricket Club Downs Delphian Cricketers
Philadelphia -- The Philadelphia Cricket Club opened match play with a 6 wicket victory over a collection of area cricketers that styled themselves as the 'Delphians.' The match was played on the cricket grounds near Bunker Hill. During the first innings, Delphian received good production from the middle of its order. Vernou and Sheldon led the way, scoring 21 and 31 respectively. Delphian finished the innings with 120 for 10, all out in 47.1 overs.
The Philadelphians got off to a slow start. Both William Wister and Thomas Hall were dismissed with no runs in just 12 balls. Walter Newhall was the first to make hay for Philadelphia, scoring 31 in his 96-ball stay. He was dismissed after being caught by Charles Bane. David Jarvis added 22 and Philadelphia finished the first innings with 110 for 10, all out in 57.1 overs. Charles Vernou bowled well for Delphian, yielding 34 runs in 22 overs. He also tallied 13 maidens and took five wickets. At the close of the day, the Delphians led Philadelphia CC by 10 runs.
Unfortunately, the Delphian batsmen came out flat on the second day. Only Charles H. T. Collis showed any fight, scoring 30. The Delphian side made 90 for 10 all out. Chasing 100, William Wister and Thomas Hall made up for poor showings in the Philadelphians' first innings by partnering for 76. Hall finished the second innings with a half century (56 runs), not out.
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BOXSCORE PHILADELPHIA CC VS. DELPHIAN
PHILADELPHIA CC WINS THE MATCH BY 6 WICKETS
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DELPHIAN FIRST INNINGS
C.T. Howe 0 (5) bowled Barclay
Green 9 (17) lbw Johnson
C.H. Banes 10 (17) caught Newhall b Barclay
C.A. Vernou 21 (65) caught Richardson b Barclay
Alsop 0 (12) lbw Wister
C.H.T. Collis 1 (4) caught Sharratt b Barclay
Sheldon 31 (44) lbw Jarvis
Browne 6 (19) lbw Johnson
Owen 0 (8) caught Hall b Wister
R.Kelly 14 (50) caught Hall b Barclay
Hoyt 11 (43) Not Out
EXTRAS
NB: 5
WIDES: 1
LB: 11
BYES: 0
DELPHIAN ALL OUT FOR 120/10 IN 47.1 OVERS
PHILADELPHIA CC BOWLING
O M R W
W.R. Wister 9.0 3 26 2
W.S. Newhall 3.0 2 4 0
J.W. Johnson 12.0 6 26 2
D. Jarvis 11.0 5 25 1
A.C. Barclay 12.1 6 22 5
FALL OF WICKETS
1 - 000 [000.4] (+000) (CT.Howe) with Green
2 - 021 [005.4] (+021) (CH.Banes) with Green
3 - 022 [006.3] (+001) (Green) with CA.Vernou
4 - 024 [010.3] (+002) (Alsop) with CA.Vernou
5 - 025 [011.2] (+001) (CHT.Collis) with CA.Vernou
6 - 077 [024.2] (+052) (Sheldon) with CA.Vernou
7 - 091 [030.1] (+014) (CA.Vernou) with Browne
8 - 091 [031.0] (+000) (Browne) with Owen
9 - 094 [033.1] (+003) (Owen) with R.Kelly
10 - 120 [047.0] (+026) (R.Kelly) with Hoyt
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES IN THE INNINGS
BATTING
031 (044) Sheldon
021 (065) C.A. Vernou
014 (050) R. Kelly
011 (043) Hoyt
BOWLING
05/022 (012.1) A.C. Barclay
02/026 (012.0) J.W. Johnson
02/026 (009.0) W.R. Wister
01/025 (011.0) D. Jarvis
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PHILADELPHIA CC FIRST INNINGS
W.R. Wister 0 (3) caught Green b Vernou
T.M. Hall 0 (9) caught Hoyt b Collis
W.S. Newhall 31 (96) caught Barnes b Collis
J.B. England 14 (50) caught Sheldon b Vernou
C. Sharratt 0 (6) caught Hoyt b Vernou
J.W. Johnson 14 (41) caught Kelly b Collis
D. Jarvis 22 (71) Not Out
A.C. Barclay 0 (1) lbw Collis
T. Facon 0 (6) caught Green b Vernou
Hawthorne 0 (1) caught Banes b Vernou
Richardson 19 (62) bowled Sheldon
EXTRAS
NB: 3
WIDES: 3
LB: 4
BYES: 0
PHILADELPHIA CC ALL OUT FOR 110/10 IN 57.1 OVERS
DELPHIAN BOWLING
O M R W
C.A.Vernou 22.0 13 34 5
C.H.T. Collis 20.0 9 39 4
Sheldon 0.1 0 0 1
Owen 15.0 9 27 0
FALL OF WICKETS
1 - 000 [000.2] (+000) (W.R. Wister) with T.M.Hall
2 - 000 [003.2] (+000) (T.M. Hall) with W.S. Newhall
3 - 030 [019.5] (+030) (J.B. England) with W.S. Newhall
4 - 033 [022.2] (+003) (C.Sharratt) with WS.Newhall
5 - 051 [031.4] (+018) (W.S. Newhall) with JW.Johnson
6 - 066 [036.1] (+015) (J.W. Johnson) with D.Jarvis
7 - 066 [036.2] (+000) (A.C. Barclay) with D.Jarvis
8 - 067 [037.3] (+001) (T. Facon) with D.Jarvis
9 - 067 [037.4] (+000) (Hawthorne) with D.Jarvis
10 - 110 [057.0] (+043) (Richardson) with D.Jarvis
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES IN THE INNINGS
BATTING
031 (096) W.S. Newhall
022 (071) D.Jarvis
019 (062) Richardson
014 (041) JW.Johnson
BOWLING
05/034 (022.0) C.A. Vernou
04/039 (020.0) C.H.T. Collis
01/000 (000.1) Sheldon
00/027 (015.0) Owen
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DELPHIAN SECOND INNINGS
C.T. Howe 0 (3) lbw Barclay
Green 9 (18) caught & b Johnson
C.H. Banes 1 (6) bowled Johnson
C.A. Vernou 2 (6) caught Facon b Wister
Alsop 3 (11) lbw Johnson
C.H.T. Collis 30 (147) caught Richardson b JW.Johnson
Sheldon 8 (55) bowled Barclay
Browne 1 (7) lbw Wister
Owen 1 (14) caught & b Barclay
R.Kelly 6 (27) lbw Barclay
Hoyt 6 (38) Not Out
EXTRAS
NB: 7
WIDES: 3
LB: 13
BYES: 0
DELPHIAN ALL OUT FOR 90/10 IN 54.5 OVERS
PHILADELPHIA CC BOWLING
O M R W
W.R. Wister 10.0 7 7 2
W.S. Newhall 3.0 1 2 0
J.W. Johnson 12.5 7 14 4
D. Jarvis 13.0 6 25 0
A.C. Barclay 16.0 7 19 4
FALL OF WICKETS
1 - 001 [000.2] (+001) (C.T. Howe) with Green
2 - 006 [001.4] (+005) (C.H. Barnes) with Green
3 - 012 [003.4] (+006) (C.A. Vernou) with Green
4 - 017 [005.5] (+005) (Alsop) with Green
5 - 020 [008.1] (+003) (Green) with CHT.Collis
6 - 041 [025.4] (+021) (Sheldon) with CHT.Collis
7 - 047 [028.4] (+006) (Browne) with CHT.Collis
8 - 068 [033.3] (+021) (Owen) with CHT.Collis
9 - 080 [042.3] (+012) (R. Kelly) with CHT.Collis
10 - 090 [054.4] (+010) (C.H.T. Collis) with Hoyt
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES IN THE INNINGS
BATTING
030 (147) C.H.T. Collis
009 (018) Green
008 (055) Sheldon
006 (027) R. Kelly
BOWLING
04/014 (012.5) J.W. Johnson
04/019 (016.0) A.C. Barclay
02/007 (010.0) W.R. Wister
00/002 (003.0) W.S. Newhall
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PHILADELPHIA CC SECOND INNINGS
W.R. Wister 27 (72) caught Vernou b Owen
T.M. Hall 56 (127) Not Out
W.S. Newhall 1 (14) bowled Collis
J.B. England 7 (20) caught & b Collis
C. Sharratt 0 (5) caught & b Collis
J.W. Johnson 4 (11) Not Out
D. Jarvis Did Not Bat
A.C. Barclay Did Not Bat
T. Facon Did Not Bat
Hawthorne Did Not Bat
Richardson Did Not Bat
EXTRAS
NB: 3
WIDES: 1
LB: 5
BYES: 0
PHILADELPHIA CC 104/4 IN 41.2 OVERS
DELPHIAN BOWLING
O M R W
C.A. Vernou 15.0 5 33 0
C.H.T. Collis 14.2 8 27 3
Sheldon 2.0 0 9 0
Browne 1.0 0 4 0
Owen 9.0 3 22 1
FALL OF WICKETS
1 - 074 [024.0] (+074) (W.R. Wister) with T.M. Hall
2 - 075 [029.1] (+001) (W.S. Newhall) with T.M. Hall
3 - 088 [036.1] (+013) (J.B. England) with T.M. Hall
4 - 092 [038.0] (+004) (C. Sharratt) with T.M. Hall
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES IN THE INNINGS
BATTING
056 (127) T.M. Hall
027 (072) W.R. Wister
007 (020) J.B. England
004 (011) J.W. Johnson
BOWLING
03/027 (014.2) C.H.T. Collis
01/022 (009.0) Owen
00/033 (015.0) C.A. Vernou
00/004 (001.0) Browne
Actual Result: Philadelphia CC won match by 1 Wicket
British Cricket News
Cambridge, UK, 23 April -- In a trial match of cricket at FP Fenner's Ground at Cambridge, the Cambridge University first squad lost to its second team (Cambridge University Next XXII) by an innings and 78 runs.
Charles Cook led off the innings for Cambridge with a very respectable 83 before being holed out by Hornby. The partnership between Cook and Edward Horne was productive, generating 101 runs. After Horne was bowled by Charles Brereton, the other Cambridge batsmen only were able to add 48 before the end of the innings with a total of 149 all out. Brereton was in good form for the second squad and served up ducks to GS Gruggen and Henry Arkwright in consecutive deliveries.
Charles Royds and Dillingham Seppings partnered for 63 and the Next XXII tallied 290 all out in their side of the innings. Brereton continued his dominant bowling the next day in Cambridge's side of the second innings. He took seven wickets in 25 overs and Cambridge was held to 63 runs all out.
Horse Racing Results
The finish of the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket
Grand National (at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool) Handicap steeplechase. Surface: Turf. Distance over 4 miles (3-1/2 furlongs)
1858 Winner -- Little Charley ridden by William Archer; owned by Christopher Capel
2,000 Guneas Stakes (at the Rowley Mile at Newmarket) Open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. Surface: Turf. Distance: 1 mile
1858 Winner -- Fitz-Roland ridden by John Wells; owned by Sir Joseph Hawley
1,000 Guineas Stakes (at the Rowley Mile at Newmarket)Open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. Surface: Turf. Distance: 1 mile
1858 Winner[/b] -- Governess ridden by Tom Ashmall; owned by William Gratwicke
Upcoming Races:
June:
The Derby at Epsom Downs in Surrey. Open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. Surface: Turf. Distance: one mile, four furlongs and ten yards.
The Oaks Stakes at Epsom Downs in Surrey. Open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. Surface: Turf. Distance: one mile, four furlongs and ten yards.
September:
The St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster. Open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. Surface: Turf. Distance: one mile, six furlongs and 132 yards.