For Immediate Release
July 2, 2010
West Baden Springs Hotel to Host Vintage Base Ball World Series
Spectators can see sport in its purest form at former Chicago Cubs training site
WHAT
Imagine baseball played on an open field with underhanded pitching and without gloves. That is exactly what you will find at the Vintage Base Ball World Series, to be held at West Baden Springs Hotel next weekend, July 10-11. Six Midwestern teams will don the vintage uniforms and recreate the language and customs of 19th century base ball (it was commonly referred to by two words at that time) while competing in live action games.
The roster of teams includes the Indianapolis Blues, Batesville Lumbermen, Cincinnati Buckeyes, Indianapolis Hoosiers, St. Louis Unions, and Rising Sun Belle Rivers. For the series, the teams will play by the 1864 rule books. (Full schedule included below)
WHEN
Saturday, July 19
Game One: 9:30 a.m.
Lumbermen vs. Blues
Game Two: 11:00 a.m.
Hoosiers vs. Belle Rivers
Game Three: 12:30 p.m.
Blues vs. Buckeyes
Game Four: 2:00 p.m.
Unions vs. Belle Rivers
Game Five: 3:30 p.m.
Lumbermen vs. Buckeyes
Game Six: 5:00 p.m.
Hoosiers vs. Unions
Sunday, July 11
Game One: 11:30 a.m.
0-2 vs. 0-2
Game Two: 1:00 p.m.
1-1 vs.1-1
Game Three: 2:30 p.m.
2-0 vs. 2-0
WHERE
West Baden Springs Hotel
8538 W Baden Ave
West Baden Springs, IN
888.936.9360
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French Lick Resort is a $500 million historic restoration and casino development project that includes the West Baden Springs Hotel, French Lick Springs Hotel and the new French Lick Casino. This premier resort and casino destination in Southern Indiana features 686 guest rooms and suites; a 51,000-square-foot, single-level casino; 45 holes of golf, including the fully restored 1917-designed Donald Ross Course at French Lick and the new, 18-hole Pete Dye Course at French Lick; two full-service spas with a combined 36 treatment rooms totaling 42,000 square feet; meeting and event space totaling 115,000 square feet and an array of dining and entertainment options.
Media Contacts
French Lick Resort
Dyan Welsh
Public Relations Manager
812.936.5926
dwelsh@frenchlick.com
Tessa Higgs
Public Relations Coordinator
812.396.5861
thiggs@frenchlick.com