Complimentary Ball to the Elm City Base Ball Club, 1874
Title: Complimentary Ball to the Elm City Base Ball Club
Creator: Elm City Base Ball Club
Subject: Baseball--North Carolina--New Bern
Sports--North Carolina--New Bern
Balls (Parties)--North Carolina--New Bern
Description: Invitation to a ball given in honor of the Elm City Base Ball Club on November 6, 1874.
Publisher: Not named.
Date: 1874
Type: Text
Format: 4 pages plus ticket
Identifier: New Bern Library Association Records (Collection 7)
Source: Donation of Ried Whitford.
Coverage: New Bern, N.C.
Rights: Permission to use this item must be obtained from the New Bern-Craven County Public Library, 400 Johnson Street, New Bern, NC 28560.
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[page one]
1 [in pencil]
Complimentary Ball
TO THE
Elm City Base Ball Club!
E.C.B.B.C.
We request the pleasure of your company
At Stanly Hall,
Friday Evening, Nov. 6th, 1874
____________
Honorary Committee:
[X] Col. JOHN D. WHITFORD, Hon. M.E. MANLY,
ALEX. MITCHELL, J. HAVENS,
SAM’L. RADCLIFF, Maj. JOHN HUGHES,
[X] MOSES PATTERSON, JAS. ELLIS,
E.M. WILLIAMS, O.S. DEWEY,
W.G. SINGLETON, [X] H.R. BRYAN,
M. de W. STEVENSON, A. JUSTICE,
SETH M. CARPENTER, THOS. POWERS,
S.D. POOL, Jr., THOS. HOOPER,
JOS. FULFORD, GEO. W. NASON, Jr.,
Capt. W.W. ROBERTS, [X] JAS. A. BRYAN,
[X] Dr. CHAS. DUFFY, Hon. GEORGE GREEN,
“ J.A. GUION, [X] F.C. ROBERTS,
“ J.B. HUGHES, E.M. PAVIE,
“ J.L. WATKINS, [X] THOS. GATES,
“ J.F. LONG, W.H. JONES,
FREDERICK J. JONES, [X] W.H. OLIVER,
Mayor JAS. CAMPBELL, [X] C.E. SLOVER,
[X] JAS. J. HOWARD, S.R. STREET,
J.H. HAUGHTON, J.V. JORDAN,
A.G. HUBBARD, W.G. BRYAN,
Dr. E.F. SMALLWOOD.
_____________________
Invitation Committee:
[X] A.J. FLANNER, E.S. HAVENS, [X] GEO. A. OLIVER,
[X] REID WHITFORD, H.C. STEVENSON, [X] J.K. WILLIS,
[X] J.D. CLARK,
[X] WM. W. CLARK, JAS. G. HARGETT,
JOS. HOOPER, [X] W.B. FLANNER,
[X] F.T.PATTERSON,
_________________
Floor Committee:
[X] F.M. AGOSTINE, GEO. GUION, Dr. GEO. SLOVER,
[X] B.K. BRYAN, [X] Dr. GEO. S. ATTMORE.
[pencil notation] See Page 2
[page two-three]
2 [in pencil] 3 [in pencil]
[typescript]
FIRST NINE
of the
ELM CITY BASE-BALL CLUB,
of
NEWBERN, N.C.
1874.
*********
Col. John D. Whitford, manager for the Championship game, played at Raleigh, N.C.,
October, 1874.
******************
LIST OF MEMBERS
A.J. Flanner, Captain and Pitcher,
W.B. Flanner, Catcher,
Reid Whitford, First base and President of the club,
H.C. Stevenson, Second base,
William W. Clark, Third base,
Joseph Hooper, Short stop,
J.D. Clark, Left field,
George A. Oliver, Center field,
J.K. Willis, Right field,
F.T. Patterson, Scorer and Manager,
James G. Horgett, Substitute.
**********
The CHAMPIONSHIP of North Carolina was
won by the above team.
[attached ticket]
E.C.B.B.C.
Elm City Base Ball Club,
SELECT PARTY
AT STANLY HALL
FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6TH, 1874.
Admit ............................................and ladies.
[attached ticket - reverse]
Reid Whitford
E C B B C
[page four]
4 [in pencil]
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