City Square Park with Baseball Sign on Spring House
Title
City Square Park with Baseball Sign on Spring House
Description
The Spring House dominates this photo of the Square Park, and the Base Ball sign on the Spring House gives us the date the photo was taken.
Base ball was so popular that the Woodstock Sentinel had a weekly column “Among Those Who Play Base Ball” describing the upcoming game: “The Woodstock Y.M.C.A. baseball team will play the Elgin City team on next Saturday afternoon on the fairgrounds. This game should be of special interest to every lover of the sport as “Beldy” Hill and several other well known players will be present…In order to ensure a good attendance of the ladies, the management will give a one half pound box of Wittenberg and Bodenschatz’ choice candies to every lady who attends the game, and to the most popular baseball fan in Woodstock, a valuable prize will be given. A popular vote will be taken at the game and the one receiving the highest number of votes will be donated a $3.00 hat. Game called at 2:30. Admission 25 cents.” The following week’s column started: “Well Mayberry got the hat, the ladies got the candy. An-nd, El-Elgin (sic) got the game!!!” [Woodstock Sentinel July 18, 1907]
Base ball was so popular that the Woodstock Sentinel had a weekly column “Among Those Who Play Base Ball” describing the upcoming game: “The Woodstock Y.M.C.A. baseball team will play the Elgin City team on next Saturday afternoon on the fairgrounds. This game should be of special interest to every lover of the sport as “Beldy” Hill and several other well known players will be present…In order to ensure a good attendance of the ladies, the management will give a one half pound box of Wittenberg and Bodenschatz’ choice candies to every lady who attends the game, and to the most popular baseball fan in Woodstock, a valuable prize will be given. A popular vote will be taken at the game and the one receiving the highest number of votes will be donated a $3.00 hat. Game called at 2:30. Admission 25 cents.” The following week’s column started: “Well Mayberry got the hat, the ladies got the candy. An-nd, El-Elgin (sic) got the game!!!” [Woodstock Sentinel July 18, 1907]
Source
Jim Keefe Collection
Date
1907
Collection
Citation
“City Square Park with Baseball Sign on Spring House,” Woodstock Public Library Archives, accessed February 6, 2026, https://woodstockpubliclibraryarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1399.
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