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1890s College Baseball Scorecards with 1897 NL Champion Boston Beaneaters (11)
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Wonderful keepsakes from 19th century college baseball. Unusual cardboard "scorecards" (3x5.5") list one team on each side. The prospective starting line-ups, are printed and last-minute changes have been penciled in. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">One is Wesleyan versus 1897 Boston Nationals, known as the Beaneaters, who won the National League pennant that season. They eventually became the Braves. Boston played a tough line-up against Wesleyan, using: Hamilton (HOF), Duffy (HOF), Collins (HOF), Lowe, Lewis, etc. The scorecard is filled in for both teams and shows how the Beaneaters baked the college boys 12-3. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Boston scorecard is archivally repaired and has tears. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Most scorecards have tears or are separated. Others feature Wesleyan versus Yale, Dartmouth (2 different), Amherst, Williams, Manhattan, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syracuse, Vermont, Lafayette, Holy Cross. </span></p>
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