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World Tournament of Historic Base Ball

 

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Saturday, August 8, 9:30am - 9pm
Greenfield Village open until 9pm including fireworks finale

  • Tournament Games
    9:30am – 6pm • Walnut Grove #1 and #2 and Hawthorne Glade
    See historic baseball games throughout the day

  • Massachusetts Rules Game
    10am – 6:30pm • Village Green
    Play the pre-Civil War stick-and-ball game that preceded the game of 1867

  • 1867 Base Ball Skill Test
    10am – 6pm • Village Green
    Try your hand at pitching and see how fast you can run the bases

  • Simply Gershwin
    11:30am •12:45pm • 2:15pm • 3:30pm
    5pm • 6pm •Town Hall
    Celebrate the music of George Gershwin in this lively 30-mintue music and comedy revue

  • Know Your Tigers Then & Now
    Town Hall
    Noon – 1pm • Zach Miner
    2pm – 3pm • 1984 Tiger Rod Allen
    5pm – 6pm • 1968 Tiger Mickey Stanley

  • Players Skills Competition
    12:30pm – 1:30pm • Walnut Grove
    Come see the most accurate thrower, the fastest runner and the ball thrown the farthest from among the tournament clubs

  • "A Pitch Over Time" Special Presentation
    6pm - 7pm • Walnut Grove #1

  • Dodworth Saxhorn Band Concert
    7pm • Village Green
    Sit back and enjoy one of America's premier 19th-century brass bands

Sunday, August 9, 9:30am - 5pm

  • Tournament Games
    9:30am – 5pm • Walnut Grove #1 and #2 and Hawthorne Glade
    Historic baseball games will be held throughout the day

  • Massachusetts Rules Game
    10am – 5pm • Village Green
    Play the pre-Civil War stick-and-ball game that preceded the game of 1867

  • 1867 Base Ball Skill Test
    10am – 5pm • Village Green
    Try your hand at pitching and see how fast you can run the bases

  • Cricket
    11am – 4pm • Village Green
    Learn and play another early stick-and-ball game, cricket

  • Simply Gershwin
    11:30am • 12:45pm • 2:15pm • 3:30pm
    Town Hall
    Celebrate the music of George Gershwin in this lively 30-minute music and comedy revue

  • Know Your Tigers Then & Now
    Town Hall
    Noon – 1pm • 1984 Tiger Doug Bair
    1pm – 2pm • 1968 Tiger Mickey Lolich
    2:30pm • Championship Game, Walnut Grove #1 • Dave Rozema

  • Championship Game
    2:30pm • Walnut Grove #1
    See the match that will determine the winner of the Greenfield Village Cup. Also see 1984 Tiger Dave Rozema throw out the first pitch.

  • Awards Ceremony
    Immediately following the Championship Game
    Walnut Grove #1

    The following will be awarded:
    Champion • Finest Club Uniform • Fastest Base Runner • Farthest Distance Traveled • Reserve Champion • Finest Captain • Finest Pitcher • Henry Chadwick Sportsmanship Award

    A $300 cash prize awarded to the champion club, as was one of the original prizes at the 1867 World’s Tournament. The club with the fewest wins will receive a sack of peanuts Awards presented by John Neilson, Director, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Pottery handcrafted by the artisans of Liberty Craftworks in Greenfield Village.

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