Baseball
in the Garden of Eden
The
Secret History of the Early Game
John Thorn
American Ball Players in England, 1874
Britons were largely immune to the charms of baseball in
1874, when the Boston Red Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics staged a summer
tour. Here the clubs are depicted at Liverpool in the illustrated weekly The Graphic of August 15. Spalding’s
great tour of 1888–89 was more of a success, at least in terms of promotion.
