Chicago Salmon
Vintage Baseball Club
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Thanks to Shanel Romain of the Riverside Brookfield Landmark News for these wonderful photos and description of the Chicago Salmon vs Hobart Deep River Grinders match, Sunday, July 21, at their historic Big Ball Park, part of RIverside's Fredrick Law Olmstead's town landscape design, celebrating their first 150 years! The final score was 8 to 7 in favor of the Chicago Salmon :)
Check our this summary of the World Tournament at the Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan. It includes a reference to the Ganymedes of Oregon, Illinois a team the Chicago Salmon played a couple of weeks ago.
The Chicago Salmon travel to Field of Dreams for an evening of vintage base ball August 24th. Always a great time playing vintage base ball with our friends!Another picturesque moment at our corner of fantasy and reality #IsThisHeaven
The Essex Base Ball Club from North Shore Massachusetts will join the Chicago Salmon in a match of 1858 Rules Base Ball this Saturday, August 3, at 1:00 PM at Lincoln Park.
Check Out The Essex Base Ball Club YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9ovtaDsi-A
The Old Ball Game:
www.theothercape.com/stories/2018/8/15/vintage-baseball
Essex Base Ball Club website essexbaseball.wordpress.com
North Shore Region
The North Shore is a region in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, loosely defined as the coastal area between Boston and New Hampshire. The region is made up both of a rocky coastline, dotted with marshes and wetlands, as well as several beaches and natural harbors. The North Shore is an important historical, cultural, and economic region of Massachusetts. It contains the cities of Salem, known worldwide as the site of the Salem Witch Trials; and Gloucester, site of Charles Olson's Maximus Poems, and of Sebastian Junger's 1997 creative nonfiction book The Perfect Storm and its 2000 film adaptation. Beverly was home to author John Updike until his death.
Our Lincoln Park field is on the east side of the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60614.
To access the field take North Avenue, IL 64, east of the Chicago History Museum.
• The museum parking lot is located at the corner of Stockton and La Salle.
• Or park at the parking garage on North Avenue, three blocks west of the museum. 800 W North Ave, Chicago,
• Or 1560 N Sandburg Ter # 2, Chicago,
• Or the apartment parking garage across the street from the ball field, CASH ONLY.
Upcoming Dates
AUGUST
Aug 11 Sun: Blue Island Brewmasters @ Methodist Campground, 1:00 PM
Aug 18 Sun: Creston Regulators @ Methodist Campground, 1:00 PM
Aug 24 Sat: @ Field of Dreams w/Minnesota Clubs plus 6:00 – 10:00 PM
SEPTEMBER
Sept 7 Sat: Blue Island Brewmasters @ Blue Island, 1:00 PM
Sept 14 Sat: @ Nappanee Apple Festival vs Elkhart County Railroaders & Embracers, 2:00 PM EST
Sept 15 Sun: House of David @ Benton Harbor, MI @ 2:00 PM EST
Sept 22 Sun: Bloomington Prairie Chickens @ Oak Park @ 1:00 PM
Sept 29 Sun: @ Somonauk, IL vs Blue Stockings @ 1:00 pm
OCTOBER
Oct 5 Sat: Milwaukee Grays @ Milwaukee 1:00 PM
I believe the final tally was 54 Ganymedes to 8 for the Chicago Salmon.On a hot, sunny afternoon at Iron Chest Field, the Ganymedes nine bested the Chicago Salmon Base Ball Club in a high scoring affair. There were several great plays made by both clubs. Tyler “Timber King” Grant had the hit of the game with a grand slam up the first base line. “Lawman”, the Salmon left fielder had the catch of the game when he one-handed a Rick “The Rip” Krug line drive on the fly. A truly huzzah play that stopped the game for recognition.
Our next matches will be in two weeks at the World Tournament of Historic Base Ball at the Henry Ford Museum / Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. Hope to see some familiar cranks among the crowd.
