Wakefield High School baseball club, 1900

Title: Wakefield High School baseball club, 1900
Description: "Baseball was a popular sport in Wakefield at the turn of the century, thanks to the efforts of the 1900 Wakefield High School Baseball Club. The team shared the Suburban League championship with Melrose and had quite a record, defeating more than 20 strong teams from the Boston area. During their season, the boys were accompanied by the WHS drum corps as they traveled through the square on the electric cars. Visiting teams were often met by the drum corps and escorted from the electric car in the square to the park. Today's baseball players and fans alike will note the striking difference in equipment and uniforms. Players wore shoes with metal cleats, a wire catcher's mask, quilted uniforms with laces and small hand gloves." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.; Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 1992; Photo courtesy of Wakefield Historical Society.
Contributor: Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library; Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.); D'Onofrio, Jayne M.
Coverage: Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
Date: 1900
Format: image/jpeg
Publisher: [Wakefield, Mass.] : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department
Subject: Schools; Baseball teams; Wakefield High School (Wakefield, Mass.)
Type: still image; Photographs
Original Format: 1 picture : b&w
Extent: 21 x 32 cm.