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* Holmes, George R. (October 25, | * Holmes, George R. (October 25, 1921). "[http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll2,562 Crowds Pouring In As Birthday Party Reaches Its Stride]". ''The Birmingham News''. | ||
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Revision as of 10:47, 28 November 2007
The 1921 throwback game was an early example of a "throwback" baseball game. It was held on Tuesday October 25, 1921 at Rickwood Field as part of Birmingham's semicentennial celebrations.
The game was part of a double-header which concluded with a standard match-up later in the afternoon. The throwback game began at 2:00 PM with teams wearing old-style uniforms and playing by the rules of the game as they were in 1872. The teams were styled as the "Elyton Warriors" and the "Cahaba Invincibles"
Notes
- It is possible that the teams were named for Confederate infrantry units. A unit called the "Jefferson Warriors" was organized at Mount Pinson in July 1861 and the "Shelby Invincibles" were organized in Harpersville on August 19, 1861.
References
- Holmes, George R. (October 25, 1921). "Crowds Pouring In As Birthday Party Reaches Its Stride". The Birmingham News.