Top vintage baseball teams from around the Northeast will gather at the Genesee Country Village & Museum for three days of old-fashioned play in the 14th annual National Silver Ball Tournament Friday, August 12 through Sunday, August 14.
All games in the round-robin tournament are played by 1866 rules – no gloves or protective equipment allowed.
The Championship Game begins at 2 p.m. Sunday at the museum’s Silver Base Ball Park, the nation’s first – and finest – recreated 19th-century baseball park. Participating teams hail from Ohio, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland and Ontario, Canada, along with teams from the museum’s vintage baseball program, introduced in 2001.
The museum’s two ladies’ teams – Brooks Grove Belles and Priscilla Porter’s ladies baseball teams – will play an exhibition match on Sunday.
Half-price admission ($9 adults, $5 youth, $7.50 seniors and students with ID) will be in effect during the tournament on Saturday and Sunday. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For further information, visit www.gcv.org or call 294-8218.
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