College Baseball Team Played Its First Game

The college baseball team played its first game at Castleton-on-Hudson resulting in a score of 2 to 5 in favor of Castleton. There was a re-match on June 5 where the team and supporters took a steamer to the game. That game was also lost 7 to 5 due to what the Normal College reporter considered ungentlemanly behavior and poor sportsmanship by the Castleton captain, the team, its spectators, and the umpire.

Subjects

Athletics

Source Details

"Base Ball," The Normal College Echo, May 1897, p. 9; "Base Ball," The Normal College Echo, June 1897, pp. 14-15