Evening journal., 1915-10-22
263 RUNS IN one
DAY IS The Record
Old Athletics Piled En-
High Back in
1865
NIAGARAS GOT
200 ONE DAY

Despite their present lowly state,
the Philadelphia Athletics have the
most glorious history of any club IN
baseball. Connie Mack's great team
of the last few years was the lineal
descendant OF the famous old Ath-
letics who gladdened the hearts OF
the Quakertown fans in the days OF
our grand-daddies. The first Phila-
delphia club to be known as Ath-
letics began TO get into the national
limelight in 1865. and 1t was on Octo-
Der goth of that year that they per-
formed their memorable feat ol scor-
ing 263 runs in one day. This is
record which has never since been
equalled by any top-notch team. al
though a few years later the Buffalo
Niagaras made 200 runs in a single
game against Columbus. The Ath-
letics made their 263 runs in two
contests, defeating the Williamsport
club in the morning by the score OF
1O1 to 8. and the Alerts of Danville.
Pa, IN the afternoon by a score OF
162 10 IL.
With the exception OF the Buffalo
Columbus game, the Athletics Dan
Vile game constituted a record for
the number of runs made by the win
ming team The nearest approach to
IL was in a game played in 1870 be-
tween Chicago and the Memphis
Bluff Citys. when Chicago got l57
runs to one scored by Memphis. An
other remarkable contest was played
the same year in Cleveland between
the Forest Citys and Atlantics. the
former winning by score of lS2 to 1.
The Philadelphia Athletics were or
ganized in 1860. and from that time
until 1871, a period of a dozen years
they scored Is 1853 runs in 405 games,
or an average of nearly thirty-eight
runs per game. In 1865 they played
SO games and lost only Of them with
a total OF 17S7 runs. The next year
they went through season OF As con-
tests and lost only 2 and hung up a
record of 2.906 runs. The only teams
TO defeat the Athletics that year were
iHe Atlantics OF Brooklyn and the
Morrisania Unions Of New York. The
competition between the Atlantics
and the Athletics was 50 keen thaI
10000 Philadelphia fans gathered t'
see the decisive game of the season
The crowd was so big that the con
test had to be called off, and at th'
next game an admission of a dolla
was charged. and more than ZOO
paid that price, the highest eve
charged for a ball game up TO tina
time The Athletics won. 81 to -.
The first professional baseball
player in the history Of the gam
was Albert J. Reach, of the Athletics
Reach was playing with Brooklyn
and the Athletics offered him a sal
ary to transfer his allegiance to tn
City of Brotherly Love. Shortly afte
that Pike and Deckney were lure
10 the Athletics by offers OF money
The Athletics continued to be calle
an amateur team for several years
however. and the Cincinnati Re-
Stockings became the first all-profes
sional club in 1869.
The Athletics we're organized t
play town ball in 1859. but adopte
baseball the following year. Tn
first plant" of the Athletics wal
located at Seventeenth street an
Columbia avenue. The grand stan
was crude affair. and Il was cor
sidered effeminate for a man to 81
in it unless he was accompanied b
lady Games lasted three or fou
hours, as a rule. Among the fan
Gus players Of the early Athletic
we're Mcbride. pitcher; Kleinfelde
catcher; Berkenstock, first base
Reach. second base; wilkins. shor
stop; Hayhurst and the Gaski
brothers, outfielders. The Athletic
we're charter members of the Nations
League in 1876. but we're expelled |
the end Of the first season. and II
old name was not restored to i
former glory until Connie Mac
launched his American Ieagne club