Boxing meets Baseball

Gentleman James Corbett was a great boxer at the end of the 19th century. He was a man who knew how to promote himself. His brother Joe played baseball. In 1895 the two brothers, though 9 years apart in age, they played in a couple of minor leagues together. Over the next few years Gentleman James played one or two games for as many as 29 teams in nine different leagues. On June 27, 1900 he played for the Binghamton Crickets in a game against the Oswego Pirates in a 2-1 win for the Crickets. It is not yet known for sure exactly how many games that he played as the teams for which he played for have not yet fully documented. What better way for a boxer to promote himself was to convince baseball fans, to be boxing fans then to play a few games of ball himself. He must of knew what he was doing.

Tomorrow we look at a very high scoring Baseball game.