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This Sunday, July 21st at 1:00 PM, the Chicago Salmon and Deep River Grinders will be helping Riverside celebrate their Sesquicentennial.
The General Plan of Riverside of 1869 is 150 years old. In 1868, the Riverside Improvement Company hired the Olmsted & Vaux Co. to design Chicago’s first planned suburb. Frederick Law Olmsted submitted a Preliminary Report to the RIC and then designed the General Plan. Olmsted & Vaux had designed Central Park in New York City and were the most famous Landscape Architectural firm in the United States. www.riverside.il.us/497/Celebrate-the-Sesquicentennial
Vintage Baseball Game, July 21, 2019 at 1 PM. Parks & Rec Department
A Riverside first-ever event! Riverside will host a matchup between two Vintage Base Ball teams, the Chicago Salmon and the Deep River Grinders of Indiana. Watch how baseball was played a century ago – the rules are different, the uniforms are different, and the chatter is different! But you still can cheer for your favorite team! Come to the Big Ball Park (intersection of Delaplaine & Longcommon) for an entertaining and fun game!
We will be setting up our field on the grass of the Big Ball Park, 225 Longcommon Rd, Riverside, IL 60546.
The Chicago Salmon will provide: History and 1858 Rules of the game; Offer an activity for children; Pipes will sing our team song; and the Chicago Salmon will provide the flyers.
Remember next weekend the Chicago Salmon will play on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday @ Lincoln Park, 1:00 PM vs the Sunset Hill Farm Colonels, Sunday @ Oregon, IL vs the Oregon Ganeymedes @ 1:00 PM.
Enjoy these photos taken by photographer Mike Moran on Sunday May 5th at Lincoln Park during the Chicago Salmon match with a combined Livery Brewers/House of David Club from Benton Harbor, Michigan.
A hot day for an 1858 Rules Vintage Base Ball game with our friends the Sunset Hill Farm Colonels. Final score 22 to 15 Colonels.
It turns out that the CHICAGO SALMON do not have an opponent for today's match, Sunday, July 7, at The Historic Methodist Campground of Des Plaines, SO THE OUTING IS CANCELLED.
Please enjoy the day with your family or whomever you prefer :)
