BEFORE the BUMS 5/30/1890: Over 10,000 Fans Watch Chicago Colts Sweep Bridegrooms in Twin Bill at Washington Park

From the desk: FINGERPRINTS OF DEM BUMS

 

In baseball's sixth ever World Series clash of 1889, the National League New York Giants defeated the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three, and an inter-city rivalry was born.  While this marked New York's second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last as an AA member club.  The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut.  Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season. 

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Saturday, May 31, 1890

GAME #28

Friday, May 30, 1890 (GAME ONE)

Chicago Colts vs. BROOKLYN BRIDEGROOMS

WASHINGTON PARK

Chicago Colts Win First-Ever Game at Washington Park

The morning game featured Connecticut-born right-hander Bill Hutchison for the Colts versus Adonis Terry for Brooklyn.  Chicago opened the scoring in a tightly contested affair with two runs in the second inning and two runs in the third.  The Bridegrooms answered with three runs in the second and one run in the third.  Afterwhich, the score remained unchanged through the seventh.  Chicago grabbed the lead with two unearned runs in the eighth and came away with a 6-4 victory.  Hutchison limited the home team to four hits, all in the second and third innings.  The Colts' 38-year-old manager and first baseman Cap Anson finished 2 for 4 with a run batted in and one run scored.

• FINAL: CHI 6; BKN 4

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Saturday, May 31, 1890

GAME #29

Friday, May 30, 1890 (GAME TWO)

Chicago Colts vs. BROOKLYN BRIDEGROOMS

WASHINGTON PARK

Chicago Colts Complete Twin Bill Sweep

Bill Hutchison returned to the mound and again defeated the Bridegrooms.  Facing Bob Caruthers, the Colts opened with four runs in the first and three more in the second.  Five of the seven runs were earned, knocking Caruthers out of the box.  Native New Yorker Mickey Hughes entered in relief of Caruthers.  After three scoreless frames, the Colts caught up to Hughes for three runs in the sixth and a final run in the ninth.  Brooklyn owes their four runs in the first inning to four Chicago errors and two hits.  Otherwise, Hutchison yielded a run in the second and single runs in the seventh and eighth innings.  But only one of Brooklyn's seven runs was earned.  Cap Anson finished 2 for 5 with a triple and three runs batted in, and center fielder Walt Wilmot homered.  Brooklyn's Pop Corkhill sat out the second game with a foot injury.  In his place, Adonis Terry brought the crowd to its feet with a brilliant running catch of a deep fly off the bat of Cap Anson.

• FINAL: CHI 11; BKN 7
• RECORD: 17-12 (.586); 2nd place, 1.5 GB of Philadelphia Phillies

BEFORE the BUMS 5/17/1890: Brooklyn Bridegrooms Bow to Pittsburgh Alleghenys

From the desk: FINGERPRINTS OF DEM BUMS

 

In baseball's sixth ever World Series clash of 1889, the National League New York Giants defeated the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three, and an inter-city rivalry was born.  While this marked New York's second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last as an AA member club.  The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut.  Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday, May 18, 1890

GAME #18

Saturday, May 17, 1890

Pittsburgh Alleghenys vs. BROOKLYN BRIDEGROOMS

WASHINGTON PARK

Dave Foutz Remains Hot, Rest of Bridegrooms Not So Much

Pittsburgh evens the series.  The Alleghenys posted five runs in the second inning.  Afterwhich, it was just a matter of them holding on.   Right-hander Bill Sowders limited the Bridegrooms to single runs in the bottom half of the second, third, fifth, and seventh innings and made sure the rest of Brooklyn's hits were scattered.  The youngest of Brooklyn's hurlers, right-hander Mickey Hughes yielded six runs on nine hits and three walks with four strikeouts in the loss.  First baseman Dave Foutz continued punishing Pittsburgh pitching, wielding another three hits but was stranded on second base in the ninth.  He now has seven hits in two games against the Alleghenys.  A crowd of 1,597 filed out of Washington Park less than happy.

• FINAL: PITT 6; BKN 4
• RECORD: 9-9 (.500); 4th place, 2.5 GB of Philadelphia Phillies

BEFORE the BUMS 5/13/1890: Philadelphia Phillies Earn Split With Defeat of Brooklyn Bridegrooms

From the desk: FINGERPRINTS OF DEM BUMS

 

In baseball's sixth ever World Series clash of 1889, the National League New York Giants defeated the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three, and an inter-city rivalry was born.  While this marked New York's second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last as an AA member club.  The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut.  Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.

 

The Brooklyn Citizen, Wednesday, May 14, 1890

GAME #15

Tuesday, May 13, 1890

Brooklyn Bridegrooms vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES

Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 

Broad Street and Huntingdon Street

Bridegrooms Settle for Series Split at Philadelphia

In seizing Tuesday's series finale, the Phillies salvaged a split against the Bridegrooms and did so convincingly.  Right-hander Mickey Hughes started for Brooklyn but was knocked out of the box by the sixth.  Southpaw Lady Baldwin entered in relief and was treated similarly.  The Bridegrooms took a brief 2-1 lead in the top half of the second.  But the Phillies answered with single runs in the home second and third and four runs in the fourth.  Not yet done, manager Harry Wright's Colts posted three more runs in the sixth.  Afterwhich, the teams traded single runs in the eighth for an 11-3 final score.  Philadelphia starter Kid Gleason gained a measure of revenge for Monday's onslaught, allowing ten widely scattered hits, keeping Brooklyn scoreless from the third through the seventh innings, and leaving the bases filled with Bridegrooms to end the ninth.

• FINAL: BKN 3; PHI 11
• RECORD: 8-7 (.533); 3rd place, 2.5 GB of Philadelphia Phillies

BEFORE the BUMS 5/10/1890: Pop Corkhill Home Run Lifts Brooklyn Bridegrooms Over Philadelphia Phillies

From the desk: FINGERPRINTS OF DEM BUMS

 

In baseball's sixth ever World Series clash of 1889, the National League New York Giants defeated the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three, and an inter-city rivalry was born.  While this marked New York's second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last as an AA member club.  The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut.  Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.

 

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday, May 11, 1890

GAME #13

Saturday, May 10, 1890

Brooklyn Bridegrooms vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES

Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 

Broad Street and Huntingdon Street

Pop Corkhill Homerun Proves Decisive; Bridegrooms Even Series at Philadelphia

The Bridegrooms this afternoon brought Philadelphia's run of consecutive victories to an end.  Facing Phillies starter Tom Vickery in the opening frame, first baseman Dave Foutz tripled home a pair of runs, and shortstop Germany Smith delivered home another for a prompt 3-0 Bridegroom lead.  With two outs in the top of the third and a runner on first, Pop Corkhill squared up a Vickery offering that sailed at least twenty feet beyond the center field fence for a home run.  Philadelphia would recover two runs in the bottom half of the frame to make it a 5-2 Bridegroom advantage.  Tom Vickery aided his cause in the fourth with a line hit to center field, knocking in the Phillies' third run.  In the seventh, the teams traded single runs; right fielder Oyster Burns' two-bagger sent Hub Collins scurrying home, while the home team bunched together three hits.  Afterwhich, Bridegroom's starting pitcher Mickey Hughes kept the Phillies scoreless over the final two innings to secure Brooklyn's 6-4 victory.  Oyster Burns finished the day with four hits, including a double, and was kept busy in the field with six putouts.  The victory lifts Brooklyn a game back above par.

• FINAL: BKN 6; PHI 4
• RECORD: 7-6 (.538); 4th place, 2.5 GB of Philadelphia Phillies

BEFORE the BUMS 5/5/1890: Brooklyn Bridegrooms Take Second Straight From New York Giants

From the desk: FINGERPRINTS OF DEM BUMS

 

In baseball's sixth ever World Series clash of 1889, the National League New York Giants defeated the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three, and an inter-city rivalry was born.  While this marked New York's second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last as an AA member club.  The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut.  Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.

Detroit Free Press, Tuesday, May 5, 1890

GAME #10

Monday, May 5, 1890

New York Giants vs. BROOKLYN BRIDEGROOMS

WASHINGTON PARK

Bridegrooms Hit Amos Rusie's Offerings to All Parts of the Field

Ladies were admitted free to Washington Park, where a crowd of 1,323 witnessed the Bridegrooms take their second straight contest from the visiting New York Giants.  Jim Mutrie's young acquisition from Indianapolis, the highly touted Amos Rusie, climbed the hill versus Mickey Hughes hurling for the hosts.  After trading pairs of runs in the first, Hughes kept the Giants scoreless through the eighth.  Not until the ninth did the Giants manage one last run.  Triples by Oyster Burns and Dave Foutz highlighted Brooklyn's early game outbursts.  With three runs in the second, two in the third, and one more in the fourth, the busy Bridegrooms slugged to an 8-3 margin of victory.  

• FINAL: NYG 3; BKN 8
• RECORD: 6-4 (.600); 4th place, 1 GB of Philadelphia Phillies

BEFORE the BUMS 5/2/1890: Boston Beaneaters Have Their Way at Washington Park

From the desk: FINGERPRINTS OF DEM BUMS

 

In baseball's sixth ever World Series clash of 1889, the National League New York Giants defeated the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three, and an inter-city rivalry was born.  While this marked New York's second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last as an AA member club.  The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut.  Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.

 

The Boston Globe, Saturday, May 3, 1890

GAME #8

Friday, May 2, 1890

Boston Beaneaters vs. BROOKLYN BRIDEGROOMS

WASHINGTON PARK

Beaneaters Whallop Bridegrooms, Avoid Series Sweep

The visiting Beaneaters had their way with Brooklyn pitching, scoring early and often against Beaneater starter Mickey Hughes, who got knocked out of the box in the third upon surrendering seven runs on nine hits.  Right-hander Tom Lovett fared no better, likewise allowing nine hits in the course of yielding single runs in the fourth and eighth innings, then two more in the ninth.  Four different Beaneater hitters posted three hits each.  Meanwhile, Boston's rookie Kid Nichols held the Bridegrooms scoreless through the sixth until allowing single runs in the seventh and eighth innings.  But it was too little too late for Brooklyn, who dropped their first game this season at Washington Park.  The Bridegrooms managed nine hits (two for extra bases), but they were scattered.  Oyster Burns led the Bridegrooms with three hits in five trips to the plate while getting the start at third.  Second baseman Hub Collins and catcher Tom Daly also posted multiple hits.  The series concludes with Brooklyn winning two of three contests with one postponement.

• FINAL: BOS 11; BKN 2
• RECORD: 4-4 (.500); 4th place, 1 GB of Philadelphia Phillies

Before the Bums 4/29/1890: Mickey Hughes Pitches Brooklyn Bridegrooms to Victory Over Beaneaters

From the desk: FINGERPRINTS OF DEM BUMS

 

In baseball's sixth ever World Series clash of 1889, the National League New York Giants defeated the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three, and an inter-city rivalry was born.  While this marked New York's second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last as an AA member club.  The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut.  Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.

 

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Wednesday, April 30, 1890

The San Francisco Call, Wednesday, April 30, 1890

GAME #6

Tuesday, April 29, 1890

Boston Beaneaters vs. BROOKLYN BRIDEGROOMS

WASHINGTON PARK

Bridegrooms Welcome Boston National Leaguers to Washington Park; Hughes Evens Score Against Kid Nichols

On a warm and cloudy day, the Bridegrooms welcomed Boston to Washington Park, where young Beaneaters pitcher Kid Nichols would oppose Bridegroom starter Mickey Hughes in a rematch of last week's contest at South End Grounds.  Only this time, it is Hughes who emerges the victor.  The visitors opened the scoring in the first inning.  In the Brooklyn half of the second, base hits off the bats of first baseman Dave Foutz, third sacker George Pinkney, and catcher Tom Daly results in a pair of runs.  A misplay in center field lands Darby O'Brien on third base in the Bridegroom third.  Then with one out and runners on second and third, Kid Nichols unleashed a wild pitch allowing two more runs for Brooklyn.  Shortstop Germany Smith singled and scored in the fourth, giving the Bridegrooms a 5-1 lead.  Boston recovered a run in the sixth but would score no more.  In a reversal of outcome supported by the superb defense of center fielder Pop Corkhill who registered seven putouts, Mickey Hughes limits Boston to a pair of runs on seven scattered hits and just two walks for the victory.

• FINAL: BOS 2; BKN 5
• RECORD: 3-3 (.500); 5th place, 1 GB of Philadelphia Phillies

On Washington Park: "The grounds are beautifully situated and the accommodations for visiting players are very good.  The press headquarters are located under the grandstand.   Chairs of ample proportion are furnished the scribes, and everything for the comfort of the newspaper men is done by Manager Byrne.  Henry Chadwick is the greatest rooter the Brooklyns possess." The Boston Globe, Wednesday, April 30, 1890

Before the Bums 4/23/1890: Brooklyn Bridegrooms Drop Series to Beaneaters at South End Grounds

From the desk: FINGERPRINTS OF DEM BUMS

In baseball's sixth ever World Series clash of 1889, the National League New York Giants defeated the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three, and an intra-city rivalry was born.  While this marked New York's second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last as an AA member club.  The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut.  Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.

The Boston Globe, Thursday, April 24, 1890

GAME #4

Wednesday, April 23, 1890

Brooklyn Bridegrooms vs. BOSTON BEANEATERS

South End Grounds

Brooklyn jumped in front with a quick start.  Left-fielder Darby O'Brien drew a base on balls leading off the game, and second baseman Hub Collins followed with a double to right field.  With Oyster Burns at the plate, O'Brien scored on a wild pitch.  Burns would then single through the left side, scoring Collins and giving the Bridegrooms a 2-0 lead.  Boston cut the Bridegrooms' lead to one in the third inning.  Afterwhich, the score would remain unchanged through the fifth.  The Beaneaters caught up to Brooklyn starter Mickey Hughes posting four runs in the sixth, highlighted by shortstop Herman Long's triple to left.  After the first inning, Boston starter Kid Nichols pitched eight scoreless innings to close out the game, and give the Beaneaters a season-opening series victory, three games to one.  Mr. Henry Chadwick, the father of base ball, made the trip from Brooklyn and called the Boston National League nine one of the cleverest hitting, fielding, and base running teams he had ever seen play ball.

• FINAL: BKN 2; BOS 5
• RECORD: 1-3 (.250); 1 GB of Philadelphia Phillies

Before the Bums 4/21/1890: Uproarious Brooklyn Bridegrooms Win First-Ever National League Contest

From the desk: FINGERPRINTS OF DEM BUMS

In baseball's sixth ever World Series clash of 1889, the National League New York Giants defeated the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three, and an intra-city rivalry was born.  While this marked New York's second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last as an AA member club.  The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut.  Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.

The Boston Globe, Tuesday, April 22, 1890

GAME #2

Monday, April 21, 1890

Brooklyn Bridegrooms vs. BOSTON BEANEATERS

South End Grounds

Unruly Bridegrooms Win First-Ever National League Contest; Four Brooklyn Players Fined

Perhaps still seething over their season-opening loss, an ill-tempered Bridegrooms team took exception to Umpire Weeden's strike zone in a rather vulgar and aggressive manner.  With team president Charles Byrne in attendance, an array of insults commenced shortly after the call to play ball, and by the third inning, it appeared as if half the Bridegroom team had Weeden surrounded in protest.

Go back to the American Association screamed the local crowd.

Brooklyn staked starter Mickey Hughes to a 6-1 lead through the fourth.  Hughes remained pinpoint through the seventh, walking just one batter.  However, he too grew incensed with Umpire Weeden's calls by the eighth and ninth innings and launched his own verbal assault.  In the ninth inning, left fielder and team captain Darby O'Brien elevated matters to another level by physically grabbing Umpire Weeden by the arm.  All of which would prove very costly to several Bridegrooms.  O'Brien would later be fined $25, Hughs and second baseman Hub Collins $10, and catcher Bob Clark $5 for his unyielding antagonism from behind the plate.

Although nursing a five-run lead, the Bridegrooms pushed across the game's decisive run in the visitor's ninth.  Darby O'Brien drew a base on balls and scored on right fielder Oyster Burns' double.  In the home ninth, the Beaneaters rallied for five runs against a frustrated Mickey Hughes but would score no more.  Thus the Brooklyn Bridegrooms win their first-ever National League contest in front of 1,442 disgruntled fans at South End Grounds.

• FINAL: BKN 7; BOS 6
• RECORD: 1-1 (.500); 1 GB of Pittsburgh