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Table of Pre-Civil-War Base Ball Games Played in Portland, Maine

 

Compiled by Craig B. Waff

 

(24 November 2008 version)

 

Acronyms:

 

NYC = New York Clipper

PSOT = Porter’s Spirit of the Times

 

 

 

Date of Game

City/Town

Playing Field

Outcome

Sources

 

 

 

 

1859

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28 Jun

Portland, Maine

Tri-Mountain (Boston, Mass.) 21

Portland (Portland) 14

(return match)

(PSOT: “This game lasted three hours, and attracted much attention.  The Portland Club extended a generous hospitality to the Boston boys, and their brief visit was one of mutual enjoyment and pleasure.”)

(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Tri-Mountain Base Ball Club, of Boston, Mass.,” PSOT, vol. 8, no. 19 (3 Jul 1860), p. 299, col. 1

 

 

 

 

15 Sep

Portland, Maine

Portland (Portland) 38

Forest City (Portland) 22

[type of game not specified]

(1) “Portland vs. Forest City,” NYC, [?] Sep 1859

 

 

 

 

1860

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior to

21 Aug

Portland, Maine?

Portland grounds

Sagamore Jr. 24

Portland (Portland) 22

(base ball – N.Y. rules)

(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Base Ball in Maine,” PSOT, vol. 8, no. 26 (21 Aug 1860), p. 405, col. 3