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The 3rd Annual Gettysburg 19th Century Base Ball Festival’s field is finally set.  14 clubs will compete in the 2 day event starting July 21 and July 22nd.  What has quickly become one of the best events in vintage base ball, the Festival quickly expanded to 14 clubs in just 3 years when it started [...]

The 3rd Annual Gettysburg 19th Century Base Ball Festival is gearing up for its return on July 21 and 22, 2012.  The field has been expanded to 12 clubs which is double the original amount in 2010.  So far as of November 9,10 clubs are confirmed including the host Elkton Eclipse.  Other participants include the [...]

The Saginaw Old Golds from Michigan were winners of the Ohio Cup, the Michigan State Championship, the Deerfield “World Series” and several other tournaments.  Now they can add the Gettysburg Tournament to their resume.  The Old Golds sliced through the competition like a hot knife through warm butter on a beautiful weekend for base ball [...]

Gettysburg, PA— The Gettysburg 19th Century Base Ball Tournament has announced the schedule for the 2nd Annual vintage base ball festival which will take place in Gettysburg at Hickory Hollow Farm on July 16 and 17, 2011.  Last year’s inaugural event drew 1,500 spectators as well as President Lincoln, General Grant and General Lee to [...]

The 2nd Annual Gettysburg 19th Century Base Ball Tournament will take place July 16 and 17, 2011 once again at Hickory Hollow Farm in Gettysburg, PA. The 2nd edition of the tournament will feature 9 clubs from all over the United States. Defending champion, the Talbot Fair Plays from Easton, Maryland return to defend their [...]

We want to thank everyone who made sure that the first Annual Gettysburg 19th Century Base Ball Tournament was a huge success.  Hundreds of people came out to witness what America’s Pastime was like in its infancy.  The organizers could not have imagined the cooperation it received from the clubs, the sponsors, the re-enactors, the [...]

This weekend, Gettysburg will witness base ball the same way it did in 1864.  6 clubs are gearing up to come to town to show the public how the great American Pastime got started.  These clubs will be playing base ball the same way it was played in the mid 1860s using the same style [...]

Welcome to the official site of the 1st Annual Gettysburg 19th Century Base Ball Tournament. On July 17 and 18, 2010, 6 clubs will compete for the 1st Championship.  The Tournament will take place at Hickory Hollow Farm which is less than 3 miles from the center of Gettysburg going west on Lincoln Highway (Route 30). [...]