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COLONIAL CONFERENCE WINS 1ST APBL ALL-STAR GAME
GREENHORN GAUL KNOCKS IN WINNING RUN; SAMUEL KESSLER TAKES MVP HONORS

NEW YORK CITY (July 31, 1871) – The inaugural edition of the APBL All-Star took place at the Elysian Fields on Monday, and the contest was an extra-inning thriller that went to the Colonial Conference.

COLONIAL CONFERENCE STARTERS

• P: James Goodman (FC), C: Joseph Hines (NIA), 1B: Albert Stoffers (MB), 2B: Leslie Arnett (MB), 3B: Samuel Kessler (ALL), SS: Gerald Strong (ALL), LF: Konrad Jensen (StJ), CF: James Burke (SHA), RF: Nelson Townsend (StJ)

METROPOLITAN CONFERENCE STARTERS

• P: Raynard Cordell (ORA), C: Everett Schreiber (ORA), 1B: William Busby (AME), 2B: Babe Johnson (GOT), 3B: Werner Verstegen (AME), SS: Anthony Mascherino (ORA), LF: Edward Donovan (KNI), CF: Franklin Petty (ORA), RF: Clive Strachan (GOT)

The crowd of over 15,000 got more than their money’s worth out of this one. A tight 3-2 contest heading into the 4th inning, the Colonial Conference blew the game open with a four-run rally sparked by Samuel Kessler’s two-run Single and capped by Frank Bulger’s run-scoring Triple.

Faced with a 7-2 deficit, the Metropolitan Conference chipped away at the CC’s lead by scoring single runs in the 4th, 6th, & 7th to make it a 7-5 game. In the bottom of the 9th, a Bulger Single and a Sac Fly from Oliver Lysiak evened the score at 7-7, and the first APBL All-Star Game was headed to extra innings.

In the top of the 10th, Shamrock Greenhorn Henry Gaul came to bat with two on & one out and hit a Double that drove in Hugh Harris to give the CC the lead. In the bottom half the MC threatened, but Reginald Roper could only fly out with Will Chaffin on third and two out, and the Colonial Conference had won the game.

While Gaul was the hero for driving in the winning run, Alleghany’s legendary third baseman Samuel Kessler took home Most Valuable Player honors with his excellent work at the plate:

• TOTAL: 2/3, 2B, 1 R, 3 RBI, DEF DP

St. Johns’s Thomas Smith earned the Win, while Gotham’s George Cerven took the loss.