The Second Great Match Game for the Championship

Magee, John L. · 1867

This colored print depicts a championship baseball game in progress between the Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia and the Atlantics of Brooklyn. The game is being played on the grounds of the Philadelphia Athletics at Fifteenth & Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia on October 22nd 1866. The Philadelphia Athletics are at bat and the Brooklyn Atlantics are in the field. The players are identified by numbers corresponding to team lists below the image. There is a low stand on the left with spectators. The park is fenced and two men are seated at a table on the sidelines, beside them are three men in chairs and players relaxing in the grass. More spectators are depicted along the bottom edge of the print. one man engages in a fight while thwarting a pickpocket, while other men converse, keep score or gamble.