June 17, 1886 was a
windy day for a baseball game, and the game played on the diamond at Dundurn
park proved to be a windy affair in more ways than one.
A team from Oswego,
New York State was in Hamilton to play a local side.
The coverage from the
Hamilton Spectator follows :
“The game at Dundurn
yesterday was an atmospheric affair. The wind blew powerfully all through the
game, in spite of the fact that the batters struck it some awful blows; the
umpire used a great deal of wind to very good purpose, and anybody within a
mile of the diamond could hear what he whispered; the long first baseman of the
Oswegos kept up a continual shouting during the whole time his side was at bat;
the Oswego team made a very effective chorus until the umpire intimated that he
didn’t want no more of that ‘hollerin’ – altogether the game was quite windy.1
1 “The World
of Sport”
Hamilton
Spectator. June 18, 1886
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