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NORTHEAST TAKES THE A.S.G. IN EXTRA INNINGS
JACOBSON DRIVES IN WINNING RUN, GORE WINS M.V.P.

THE ELYSIAN FIELDS (Aug. 4, 1862) - The annual National Base Ball Organization All-Stars Game was a tight affair that needed extra innings to decide a winner, with the N.E.L. taking the contest 5-4 in ten innings.

After the first half of the game was over, it looked like the Northeastern stars would take an easy victory as they enjoyed a 4-1 lead after five innings thanks to single runs in every inning but the third. Three more scoreless innings followed and the N.E.L. was up 4-1 going into the ninth. It was then that the N.Y.L. mounted their comeback:

• Hiram Majors: leadoff Single
• Charles Haynes: Single
• Julius Weinert: Single
• Arvi Hämäläinen: Sacrifice Fly (Majors scores, 4-2)
• Oscar Hall: 1-run Single (Haynes scores, 4-3)
• John Bateman: Failed Squeeze Play, runner out at home
• Frazer Daly: Single (Hall scores, 4-4)
• Edward Sax: Ground out to 2B

That left the score tied 4-4. The N.E.L. went down in order in the bottom of the ninth, and the game went to extra frames looking like the N.Y.L. had all the momentum. They tried their own Squeeze Play with one out in the tenth, which also failed and left them scoreless in the top half of the inning. In the bottom half, star Scranton catcher Roy Jacobson came to bat after a double by Willie Hall and a single by Clive Wise, and he proceeded to hit a single of his own that sent Hall home and won the A.S.G. for the Northeastern League.

Jacobson won the game, but it was Granite Club shortstop Albert Gore who took the M.V.P. honors after going 2/2 with one R.B.I. and a stolen base. He was one of two players in the game to have multiple hits, with the other being Atlantic Club outfielder Hiram Majors.

It was another successful All-Stars Game event for the N.B.B.O. There were officially 15,292 in attendance at the Elysian Fields, with all proceeds once again going to charitable causes in the New York City metropolitan area. The expansion of A.S.G. rosters from twenty to thirty players seemed to be a success, as fans were able to see more of their favorites in uniform and players used the day as an informal meeting to discuss important events involving the sport.

"The American National Game of Base Ball", a color lithograph made by Currier & Ives in 1866.