The Canal Jumpers will be playing a week-day match next week, June 9th at 7 p.m. against the Kettering Clodbusters. There will be no charge for this evening match, to be held at Carillon Park, and there will be ample free parking near the game location. Come on out and join us for a great game!
In their last game, the Canal Jumpers bested the Norwood Highlanders Base Ball Club with 6 aces (aka runs) to 3, marking their first win of the 2010 season. Well-played, Gentlemen of Tippecanoe! Go out and visit them or catch a home game at the Willowtree Inn to see their authentic circa 1860 uniforms and to experience the National Pasttime from a bygone era. For more information, including the 2010 Match Schedule and pictures from previous matches, please visit their website at www.tippecanoecanaljumpers.com.
The Tippecanoe Canal Jumpers WIN HOME OPENER 6-3!!! In a well fought match with the Norwood Highlanders Base Ball Club, the Canal Jumpers scored 5 aces in the 5th inning to best the Highlanders. A perfect day for base ball, Tippecanoe didn’t disappoint the hometown cranks (fans). Our next match is Wednesday, June 9 at Carrilon Park in Dayton and will be against the Kettering Clodbuster Base Ball Club. Well played Gentlemen of Tippecanoe!
Also at our home opener we premiered our NEW LOOK 2010 Canal Jumpers circa 1860 uniforms, featuring our new red shields, which are custom-made, hand-sewn plastrons that are attached to white dress shirts with 10 buttons each. This is more authentic than our 2009 uniforms, which featured red suspenders. We hope that our new plastrons will be the envy of ballists near and far.
The Gentlemen of Tippecanoe Club Nine would like to express our sincere thanks to the Willowtree Inn for hosting this great Home Opener, and to Ms. Andrea Nay for sharing her wonderful photos of our beloved Canal Jumpers. We would like to express our sincere appreciation for her photographic talents. For more information, please visit our website at www.tippecanoecanaljumpers.com or follow us on Facebook!
Framed versions of the Canal Jumpers team photo and the Canal Jumpers Exhibition Game Poster and Ticket are now available. The cost is $64.50 for the team photo, which includes the photo and professional framing in a vintage-style frame. The Exhibition Game Poster and Ticket is $67.50, framed. To order your framed versions of these two limited edition items, please contact Reed Spencer at reed AT reedspencer.com. We only have a few photos and posters left, so order quickly! If you are interested in just purchasing the Team Poster, it is $8.00 – please contact genslen AT yahoo.com to order – we have about six left.
Anyone interested in purchasing the photo shown here as a poster? I got a bunch printed up that have the team name and a roster of all the players printed right on the poster – the size is 11×17 inches and are priced at $8.00. So far everyone who has seen them is impressed by the quality of the photo (THANKS SHARON of Sharon Elaine Photography)! Anyone interested in picking up one of the posters, please shoot me an email and I will hold one for you!
On August 16, the Canal Jumpers hosted the Clodbuster Base Ball Club of Dayton to a gentlemanly vintage base ball match on the lawn of the Willowtree Inn in Tipp City. Many a folk, clear skies and balmy temperatures gr
eeted the Canal Jumpers and their cranks “fans”. “What a wonderful day for a base ball match,” proclaimed Greg Enslen, Club Co-founder & Manager.
Reed Spencer, Captain and Co-founder of the Canal Jumpers, introduced his club of 24 ballists “players” to the cheers of the home town crowd of 300 strong. Many of which sported their Sunday best on this fine day. This was the inaugural match the for Tippecanoe club. The 1860’s Beadle DIME Base Ball Player rules were used by both clubs.
The Clodbusters were victorious by a 7-2 score. Aces “runs” for the Canal Jumpers were scored by Doug “Dawg” Saul and Rod “The Vacuum” Martino. Huzzah’s “hurray’s” are warranted to the superb play of center fieldsman, Matt “Maverick” Owen and the behind “catcher” skills of Mark “Mad Dog” Mabelitini. Overall, the match was well played and huzzah’s were shared by all by both clubs.
Special huzzah’s go out to the Clodbusters, Willowtree Inn, Harrison’s, Abbey Credit Union, Spring Hill Nurseries, RE/MAX Professionals, Big Robot Game Café, Miami Valley Wine & Spirits, Andrea Nay Designs, Logan Rogers, Ron Re, Sharon Elaine Hultberg and Peg Hadden. The Tippecanoe Canal Jumpers Vintage Base Ball Club is a project of the Downtown Tipp City Partnership.
The Kettering Clodbusters-Tippecanoe Canal Jumpers Vintage Base Ball Exhibition Game will be held at the Willowtree Inn on Sunday, August 16th from 2 pm to 5 pm with a rain date of August 23rd (location and times the same). There will be ample free parking and the organizing committee is in the process of setting up for the event, so more details are to come. For more information or to read about vintage base ball or the history of baseball in Tipp City, please visit our website at www.tippecanoecanaljumpers.com.
From the Dayton Daily News:
A scene during a vintage base ball game between the Clodbusters and the Mansfield Independents on Sunday, June 28. The game was played at the Carillon Historical Park.
Baseball history was made on a small field along the Hudson River in the shadows of the New York City Skyline. “Base Ball” or “Town Ball” is forever linked to 1839 Cooperstown, New York but 1846 Hoboken, New Jersey is where Alexander Joy Cartwright and The New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club developed and published the first rules of the game. Maybe this is why Hoboken is proud to say it is baseball’s birthplace.
Baseball Gloves developed much in the way the game developed. Slowly. Gloves first appeared on the diamond in the 1870’s. Players that were tired of bruising or breaking fingers began wearing gloves to protect their hands. Initially, players wearing these “garments” were mocked or considered “unmanly.” Today enthusiasts of baseball associate “tan gloves” as “traditional” but players may have selected the flesh color to camouflage their embarrassment of wearing a glove. Fortunately for baseball players by the time the turn of the century came around everyone was wearing a glove.
Vintage baseball team. Mount Clemens Base Ball Club – Michigan State Champions 1917. Photo taken at Gaylord, Michigan. September 26, 1917.
Vintage baseball caps – images of the assorted styles of baseball caps from the 19th century. (Strictlyfitteds.com)
The Tippecanoe Canal Jumpers WIN HOME OPENER 6-3!!! In a well fought match with the Norwood Highlanders Base Ball Club, the Canal Jumpers scored 5 aces in the 5th inning to best the Highlanders. A perfect day for base ball, Tippecanoe didn’t disappoint the hometown cranks (fans). Our next match is Wednesday, June 9 at Carrilon Park in Dayton and will be against the Kettering Clodbuster Base Ball Club. Well played Gentlemen of Tippecanoe!
