| Vintage Base Ball in Texas |
| Welcome to the home page for the Texas Vintage Base Ball League. Here, we'll define Vintage Base Ball, explain a bit of base ball history, showcase the various vintage base ball teams in Texas and maybe do some entertaining. |
| "It's much more than a base ball game, It's a history lesson as well!" (From the team song, We're A Base Ball Club From Texas) |
| Latest Vintage Base Ball News Updated September 8, 2008 |
| League Newsletter Is Now Available Online! The Chadwick Chronicle, the official Texas Vintage Base Ball League newsletter is now being published and sent out to the club managers for distribution. It will also be reproduced online on this site. The newsletter is created in the style of a mid-1800s newspaper using fonts common in the 1860s. Most of the illustrations will be in the form of computer generated pen and ink drawings made from photographs taken at the events depicted. Articles will be about recent events of interest as well as how-to and editorial pieces. Some of the stories will be taken from emails sent to me from club managers describing games played or trips made by their teams. Those who send or submit those articles will be given the writing credit. The Chadwick Chronicle is named in honor of Henry Chadwick, early sportswriter, chairman of most of the early rules committees, editor of the Beadles Dime Base Ball Player and other publications about the rules of the game, and the creator of the box score. He was also one of the game's most ardent "cheerleaders" in the mid to late eighteen hundreds. His contemporaries referred to him as the "Father of Baseball". You can see copies of the Chronicle here. Wendel Dickason Commissioner, Texas Vintage Base Ball League & Editor of The Chadwick Chronicle _________________________________________________ The Latest News from the southern half of the state: Ballists: I would like to thank everyone who came out to play last Saturday. For those of you who could not make it or had to leave, the results are as follows: Houston Babies 1 MC Saw Dogs 3 Richmond Giants 15 Houston Babies 2 MC Saw Dogs 3 Richmond Giants 1 Upcoming Events: 1) Our next game is scheduled for September 6th. The game will be against the St. Anthony Padua Angles, and it will be played here at the college on Sept. 20th. 2) Bryan McCauley of the Richmond Giants has asked me if we (the Saw Dogs) or any of our players would be interested in going to New Ulm, Texas on October 4th. This is part of the town’s Oktoberfest. The game will start at 2:30 and it will be played against the 1972 New Ulm Semi-Pro Team. It sounds like a lot of fun. Please let me know if you are interested. New Ulm is about 90 minutes from here. 3) The Farmers Branch Tournament is going to take place on Oct. 11th. Please let me know if you plan to make this event! 4) On October 25th we will travel to the George Ranch in Richmond to take part in an event that will be similar to the one that we did on Saturday. We are trying to find a fourth team for the event. Lastly, footage from Saturday’s Games should air on Sports Off Center (Channel 55) next Friday and Saturday. I will send you more information when I have it. Thanks, Michael Hickey _________________________________________________ _________________________________________ Farmers Branch Vintage Base Ball Program receives award: In October the vintage base ball program received the 2007 Innovative Programming Award from the DFW Metro Parks and Recreation Directors Association. In November, at the annual meeting of the Texas Recreation and Parks Society (TRAPS) for Region 2 & 3, the vintage base ball program received the Lone Star Programming award for Region 2. Additionally, the vintage base ball program has been nominated for the Lone Star Programming award at the state level of the Texas Recreation and Parks Society. Awards will be announced in March 2008. Thanks for all of your hard work!! Barbara ________________________________ |
| Website created and maintained by Wendel Dickason wendel@vbbtexas.org |
