Columbus Capitals MAY 8 | 2 PM Schiller Park German Village Base Ball Pluggy’s Town History MAY 22 | 2 PM Schiller Park The fi rst organized base ball club was the 1866 Buckeye Base ball Club of Columbus. With the troops @ Canal Fulton Mules coming home from the Civil War, base ball teams JUNE 6 | 2 PM sprang up all over the country as the “national game” St Helena Heritage Park allowed men to gather and compete against each Canal Fulton, OH other in a game they learned about from camp life during the war. Besides the Buckeyes, there was also the Capitals and the Excelsiors. In 1867 as interest Columbus Buckeyes - Haus Und Garten Tour grew in the new game, the Washington Nationals Celebration Game visited Columbus to play the Capitals in Shiller Park. JUNE 27 | 2 PM Even though the score was a bit lopsided (90 - 10) in Schiller Park favor of Washington, the game became a permanent part of the city’s summer entertainment. The German Village “Recy” fi eld played a key role in the popularity @ Pluggy’s Town of base ball in Columbus. It was one of the fi rst base JULY 10 | 1 PM ball dedicated fi elds in America, and was located Scioto Township Park where the now stands on Whittier and Delaware, OH Jaeger. In 1887 Base Ball’s fi rst concession stand and baseball’s hot dog both started at the “Recy”.

The Village Mu ns In 2007 the German Village Cupcakes formed to play JULY 18 | 1 PM a 140th anniversary game versus that Schiller Park Mu ns. Much like the game in 1867, the score was bit lopsided in favor of the visitors. Several seasons later Open Date the team voted to o cially change the team name AUG 1 to the German Village 9 and become a member of the VBBA, vintage base ball association. The GV9 are honored to carry on the historical signifi cance of The Canal Cup - German Village and Schiller Park. Triple Header AUG 15 | 11 AM Dover City Park Dover, OH Please Support Our Program Sponsors

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SEPT 4 | TBD @GermanVillage9BBC Ohio History Connection German Village 9 * game start times are subject to change VINTAGE BASE BALL Schiller Park Customs • BE Alert For Foul Balls! Rules • Spectators and The GV9 cheer for good play for either side. Games are played with sportsmanship and gentlemanly behavior. • Infi elders should play within a step or two of their base. The Umpire: shortstop may play on either side of second base and within the • Calls foul balls and foul ticks. • Does not call balls, and may call strikes if deemed necessary. baseline. • May ask players for assistance in making calls. • Gentlemen shall forbear from commenting on the umpire’s • Bunting and sliding is considered unsporting. judgment. • The fi rst striker called to the line in the following inning is the person Hurling: in the order after the player who made the last out. Even if the last • The ball must be hurled underhand, not jerked or thrown. • The ball must be delivered as near as possible over the center of out was made by a base runner. home plate. • A pinch runner is allowed – as needed. A Striker is out when: • Our team name was once “The Cupcakes”. We changed it. It is • A batted ball is caught on the fl y or on one bound o the ground. perfectly OK to call us Cupcakes or call our fans “The Sprinkles”. It • After three swinging or called strikes. Foul ticks are not strikes. adds to our batter whipped appeal! Other Di erences: • Players do not wear gloves or other protective equipment. • The striker must stand on or straddle a line through home plate. • The ball is judged fair or foul according to where it fi rst touches the ground (people, structures, and trees don’t count as the ground). • Articles of clothing such as a hat may not be used to catch a ball. VINTAGE BASE BALL TERMS • A base runner overruns any base (including fi rst) and is touched by the ball in the hands of an adversary is declared out. • A base runner may not advance on any foul ball and must return Ace ...... A Run Scored Match ...... Game to his original base. He may be tagged out if not there after the ball has been settled in the hands of the pitcher. Bowler, Hurler ...... Pitcher Mu ...... An Error • A base runner may advance at his own risk on a fair ball caught on the bound. Club nine ...... Team Striker ...... Batter • A base runner may advance after a fair fl y ball is caught provided he has tagged his most recent base after the ball is in Hands Down ...... Outs Striker to the line ...... Batter up the hands of the fi elder. • A base runner must run for the next base if the ball is hit, Huzzah! ...... Our Cheer! Tally ...... A run or ace scored and the force remains on even if an out is made behind the Leg it! ...... Run for It! The Line ...... The batters box advancing runner. • Players crossing home plate safely must proceed to the tally keeper to tally his ace for the team.