Williams and Amherst base ball and chess!
Subtitle: muscle and mind!! July 1st and 2d, 1859.
Contributors: Amherst College.; Williams College.; Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Express Job Printing Office
Published: 1859
Place of publication: [Amherst, Mass
Language: eng
Subjects: Amherst College -- Baseball.; Williams College -- Baseball.; College sports -- Massachusetts -- Amherst.; College sports -- Massachusetts -- Williamstown.; Baseball -- Massachusetts -- Pittsfield.; Chess -- Massachusetts -- Pittsfield.
Other titles: Amherst Express. Extra
Notes: These two contests mark the beginning of competition between student teams of the two colleges. Both were played in Pittsfield, Mass., and both ended in Amherst victories. The ball game lasted 3-1/2 hours, with a final score of 73 to 32.
Imprint from NUC pre-1956, v. 14, p. 416 (NA 0280758).
In four columns.