Vintage Baseball Returns to Elmhurst on June 24

Huzzah, let the “kranks” and the “kranklets” cheer and boo, and call the “strikers” up to “the dish”! Vintage Baseball returns to Elmhurst on Sunday, June 24 at 2:00 p.m. with a fun game played by the wildly different rules of 1858.

The Elmhurst History Museum and Elmhurst Heritage Foundation present a Vintage Baseball Game on the Elmhurst College Mall at 190 S. Prospect Ave. (in front of Hammerschmidt Chapel). Fans will learn to cheer and jeer in fine Victorian fashion as two Elmhurst clubs play for their favor. The Elmhurst History Museum’s executive director, Dave Oberg, will lead the activities in the role of “barrister” (an umpire by today’s standards) and share the rules and slang with the audience. The roster includes a number of local Elmhurst community leaders and elected officials.

Guests are encouraged to bring a picnic basket and lawn chairs to enjoy a family-friendly game played by true sportsmen from an era of wooden bats and iron men. This event is FREE and open to the public, and tickets are not required. Free parking is available in the Elmhurst College parking lots. For more information, go to the Elmhurst History Museum’s web site at www.elmhursthistory.org or call (630) 833-1457.