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The Joint Archives Quarterly, Volume 13.01 Hope College Digital Commons @ Hope College The oJ int Archives Quarterly College Publications 4-1-2003 The oinJ t Archives Quarterly, Volume 13.01: Spring 2003 Michael Van Beek Geoffrey D. Reynolds Hope College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.hope.edu/jaquarterly Part of the Archival Science Commons Recommended Citation Repository citation: Van Beek, Michael and Reynolds, Geoffrey D., "The oJ int Archives Quarterly, Volume 13.01: Spring 2003" (2003). The Joint Archives Quarterly. Paper 40. http://digitalcommons.hope.edu/jaquarterly/40 Published in: Joint Archives Quarterly, Volume 13, Issue 1, Spring April 1, 2003. Copyright © 2003 Hope College, Holland, Michigan. This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at Digital Commons @ Hope College. It has been accepted for inclusion in The oJ int Archives Quarterly by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Hope College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. IIISTORl RESEARCH CENTER lIopl' Coll"~,, • l\"",,m n...olo,:'cal ""milia!') Volume 13 Number I Spring 2003 BaseballArrives in Holland: A history ofthe origins ofbaseball in Holland, Michigan by Michael Van Bcck On September 12, 1902, N. J. Whelan, the editor of the Events like this help define the rich hisloryofHolland baseball. Holland City NeHls, reported that the local baseball team Although this type ofboisterous event in the Holland versus had been robbed of a victory against Ionia. He began by Ionia game proved rather rare, the story ofbasehall in Holland claiming that the disorderly fans in Ionia had provoked the in the late 19t1l and early 2OU- centuries is certainly a talc umpire with such "pestering and abuse" that he quit umping wonh telling. The Holla"d Senti"el claimed in its obituary and left the field. Then in the'" inning. with Holland leading of "Java" VerSchure (one of the early Holland baseball 4-0, the game spiraled out ofcOnlrol. After an Ionia base hit enthusiasts) that "I"olland's baseball history isa story in itself; with runners on base, the in fact, it is outstanding.. ." Holland pitcher. Neal Ball, However, even though this promptly headed to the story might be outstanding, backstop behind the the developmcnt of catcher, Tony Vander Hill. baseball in Holland was a While Ball was waiting to problematic malter. fetch a possible bad throw Indeed, there were many to home plate. the Ionia on­ failed attempts at putting deck bailer marched up together a successful team and kicked him in the wrist. and a relating positive Then all hell broke loose. baseball atlllosphere A group of angry and before anything permanent frustrated Ionia fans could be established in rushed from their seats to Holland in the early 20'h home plate. They mobbed century. Vander Hill. who had by then caught the throw from lbc very first known game the field. and held him of baseball in Holland's down. All three Ionia history was recorded in the baserunners circled the """"c......__ Hol/and City News on bases to make the score 4· Hope College Baseball Team, 1906 Junc I, 1872. It was a 3. The Ionia fans quickly match between a team of returned to their scats aftcr the runs had scored, and amazingly Hope College students and a Grand Haven team. It is unclear thc Holland team decided to finish the game. With Ball just what type of team this Grand Haven team was; it could pitching with a sore wrist. the Ionia team scored six marc have been high schoolleam or perhaps some type ofamateur runs, and Holland lost 9-4. Whelan summed up this team. Regardless, Hope won the game 52-38. Thc next occurrence. claiming that there was "more rowdyism to the week the same teams played a rematch. This time the Grand square inch in Ionia than in any city in Michigan:' Haven team came out on top 30·12. It is not abnormal that (CQlllimled 011 page 2) • attorney and baseball supporter. provided one of the only IFrom the Director I clues to discovering the beginnings of amateur baseball in Holland when he claimed in 190 I that he playcd for a tcam called the "Ollawa" in the early 1870s. Thc exact origin of this "pioneer club" is unclear because Post did not specify a This entire issue oCthe Joint Archives Quarterly is devoted beginning date. but merely stated that they were fond of 10 the great sport ofbaseball and its part in IIoliaod'5 history baseball before 1871. Furthermore. it is difficult to specify as written by onc ofHope College's very own baseball slars, what type of team this was. It could have simply been a Michael Van Beck. After Michael spent many hours with recreational team that scrimmaged amongst themselves or us in the rcading room preparing to write this slory for a possibly a competitivc tcam that played nearby lowns. The history class. [ asked him to donate a copy for the archives. most accurate assumption would be that it resembled a group After reading it I knew it belonged in our next newsletter. similar to the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, since Holland and we afC pleased to share it with you. Along with some was still a very small fanning community with relatively \\'Cak great photographs from local collectors Randy Vande Water. traveling capabilities. Additionally. the "Ottawa" probably Lois Jesick·Kayes and the Grand Rapids Public Library. the played a version ofbaseball similar to that typical of many SIOry ofbascball in Iiollaod comes alive. TIle footnotes have college games during this timc. been removed due to space, but feel free 10 stop by the Joint Archives to read the paper in its entirety. The next mention ofbaseball activity in Holland was in 1878. Whether there were no other baseball ventures besides the The Joint Archives of Ilolland was recently honored with Ottawa team during this six or seven·year period is the May 13th television broadcast ofits latest vidcoproduction, unknowable based on the newspaper. On May 25. 1878. the Ttllip Time ill Holland. on the local Public Broadcasting City News detailed a meeting oftown citizens with the goal Services station WGVu. This video could not have been of organizing "a club of sufficient numbers to be able to completed or reached this level of excellence without the practice among themselves. and to do such othcr business help of Hope Collegc's Dr. David Schock. students Jason as the assemble may deem necessary." After this mention Kehrer and Daniel Morrison, and local videographer Phil of the possibility ofputting together a team, there was very Blnuw. Future video projects include the Latino experience little about baseball referred to in the Holland City New~... It in West Michigan and the history ofthc pleasure boat building is hard to figure out whether the lack of baseball reponage industry in Ihc I-Iolland area. in the paper was a sign of the lack of baseball activity in Geoffrey D. Reynolds Ilolland at this time. Indeed, one ofthe reasons for this lack ofbaseball coverage may be contributcd to the editor oftile paper. Gerrit Van Schelven, who simply Illay not have been alluned \0 the idea of including baseball happenings in the Hasebull Arril'l'.\' ill lIolIUl.d (COlllilllll.'d from paxe 1) local newspaper. Indeed during this time period, there arc only sporadic mentions ofbaseball activity in Holland. From thc college team in Holland was the first to have a game 1878 to 1887, only four blurbs about baseball exist in the Cif)' reported in the newspaper. In fact, thc first account of a News. collegc game in the United States was reponed on July I, 1859. It was a match between Williams College and Amherst Things did pick up in 1888 when a new team named "The College in which Amherst won 73-22. The score of this Pecrless" formed. It played the local Hope College team game and ofthe Holl;md-Grand I-Iaven game seem unusually oftell but 31so played Grand Haven, Spring Lake. and South high, and quite inconsistent with the relatively low scoring Haven - all towns along Lake Michigan and less than twenty­ game ofbaseball that is played today. The type ofbaseball five miles from Holland. It is hard to say whether this team played in these instances probably resembled a game ofslow· traveled by boat to its games. or whether it used the local pitch softball. In these games. the pitcher was actually trylng railroad the Michigan Lake Shore Railroad Co.. which was to let the hitter make contact with the ball. Therefore. scoring constructed and operational by 1870. The claim could be a 101 of runs was not unusual in these games, and "there made that since the opposing teams were all located on the were, therefore. endless bursts ofaction and limitless quick lakeshore. they probably primarily journeyed by boat. sprinting with very little dead time in between." Ilowever, it should also be noted that the railroad connected So far as is known, the game in 1872 marked the beginning Holland with Allegan and Muskegon, which would have ofcollege baseball in I-Iolland. Finding the date ofthe first provided the team with a viable route 10 Grand Haven, Spring amateur team in Iiolland is more difficult and compared with Lake. or South Haven. Even though "The Peerless" could aniculating baseball's roots in America. J. C. Post, a local apparently afford 10 travel frequently, financial trouble 2 • probably ended their tenure as Holland's premier amateur the first time a recreational game between teams composed team. On July 28. 1888. the Ciry Neil's reported that one of workers from different companies within Iiolland.
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