Come see Vintage Base Ball in Boerne!
Living History Festival
Saturday May 16th, 2009
Vintage Base Ball Game starts at 2 pm
at Herff Farm, 33 Herff Road in Boerne
Boerne Veteran's Cup
Saturday November 7, 2009
11 am until late afternoon
at Herff Farm, 33 Herff Road in Boerne
Mayor Dan Heckler stands on the steps of City Hall
with members of the Boerne White Sox Vintage Base Ball Team.
Top row l-r: Mayor Dan Heckler, Mike "Fireball" Haas, Rae "Rat" Treviño, Keith "Lightning" Sims, Wayne "Knuckles" Speaker, Elmer "Flyboy" Bergmann
Middle row l-r: Paul "Biscuit Pants" Barwick, Jay "Beans" Avers, Dave "Lemonade" Kovak, Ron "Pablo" Cisneros
Team manager, Kristy "Horseshoe" Watson
Front row l-r: Clancy "Spitball" Haas and Kata "Cocklebur" Haas.
They are holding a photo of the Boerne White Sox 1914 team.
Vintage Base Ball is a program by the Agricultural Heritage Museum that showcases historical recreation between merchants and farmers from 1860 - 1915 with the rebirth of the original Boerne White Sox team that played year ago. We use 1860 rules that include: underhand pitching, no over-running first base, no gloves used, larger and softer balls, and a tally bell that is rung when a score is made.
Practice is 1 Sunday per month at 6:30 pm
at The Herff Farm spring through fall.
Next practice is April 26th at 6:30 pm.
Call Kristy Watson for specific days of practice. 210-445-1080.
Review the Game Highlights:
Richmond Sept 1 07 HERE
Farmers Branch Oct 12 07 HERE
Buffalo Gap April 26 08 HERE
Farmers Branch 08 HERE
Contact Kristy Watson for information: 210-445-1080
Download Sponsor form HERE
Download Application form HERE
Texas Vintage Base Ball Information www.vbbtexas.org
Ace: run
Ball: apple, pill, horsehide, onion
Ballist: player
Behind: catcher
Blooper, banjo hit: weak fly ball that barely soars beyond the infielders
Bowler, hurler, thrower,
feeder: pitcher
Break one off: to throw a curve
Club, nine: team
Cranks, bugs, rooters: fans
Daisy cutter, bug-bruiser, grass clipper, or ant-killer: well hit ground ball
Dew drop: slow pitch
Dead: put out
Dish: home plate
Duff, muff: an error
Huzzah: used to congratulate a player on a well played ball
Leg it: run hard
Muffin: a player of lesser talent
Make your first: single
Match: game
Player dead: out
Side out: three outs
Sky ball: high pop-up
Stinger: a hard hit ball
Striker or batsman: batter
Tally: a run score
Willow: bat
Left to Right, Bottom Row: Mike "Fireball" Haas, Dennis "Indian" Fite, Kerry "Fuchsqefang" Phillip, Ella "Mascot " (bat girl) Phillip, Jay "Beans" Avers, Pattrick "Lucky" Flenniken, Karen "Morning her Civil War Soldier" Sarli, and Kristy "Horseshoe" Watson.
Not pictured: Steve Harper, Dana Padilla, John LaRoche, Keith Sims, Gary Griffith, and Johnny Miller.
The Boerne White Sox won their first scrimmage against the Kerrville Niners on Sunday Sept 26th at Northrup Park in Boerne with a score of 19 to 2 tallies.
1860’s Vintage Base Ball
Rules & Customs
The White Sox go by rules adopted by the National Association of
(Amateur) Base Ball Players on March 14, 1860.
These rules were published in the Beadle’s Dime
Base-Ball Player publication in 1860 shortly after they were adopted.
• Players do not wear gloves or other protective equipment.
• A batted ball is determined fair or foul by where it first hits the ground.
• The striker is out if a ball, whether fair or foul, is caught, either before touching the ground, or upon the first bounce.
• The Umpire may levy fines on the spot for ungentlemanly conduct such as arguing, swearing or spitting. (Fines range from 25 shillings to 1 dollar.)
• The Umpire does not call balls, and may call strikes, if he thinks the striker at the line is intentionally delaying the game.
• The Umpire may ask the players and spectators for assistance in making calls.
• The ball must be pitched underhand and delivered as near as possible to the center of home plate.
• Foul balls are not counted as strikes.
• Sliding into base is discouraged and deemed ungentlemanly.
• The ball features one-piece hand stitched of either white or tan leather.
• No person engaged in a match, either as umpire, scorer, or player, shall be, either directly or indirectly, interested in any bet upon the game.
• When a run is made, the ballist rings a bell and asks
permission to score a tally.
• Players will not over-run first base or they may be tagged out.
• Only the umpire is allowed to carry a flask.
For more information about Vintage Base Ball: www.vbbtexas.org