1883 Chicago Ball Club Signed Albert G. Spalding Agreement to Telegraph the Scores During Game!

An important milestone agreement from the early years of baseball to bring the scores of the Chicago Baseball team to thier fans via Telegraph to all parts of the cities through the united states. The agreement is signed by A.G. Spalding HOF,  an american pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of A.G. Spalding sporting goods company.He was born and raised in Byron, Illinois yet graduated from Rockford Central High School in Rockford, Illinois. He played major league baseball between 1871 and 1878. Spalding set a trend when he started wearing a baseball glove.

This document is shortly after Spaulding became part owner and president of the Chicago Baseball team.

Manuscript document, signed. [Chicago]: May 5, 1883. 1pp. legal size paper, signed by Albert G. Spalding, A. R. Brewer, and John Van Horne. Memorandum of agreement between the Chicago Ball Club and the Western Union Telegraph Company, signed by Spalding as President of the Chicago Ball Club, and by Brewer and Van Horne as Secretary and Vice President, respectively, of Western Union; with embossed seal of Western Union Telegraph Company overlapping Brewer's signature; moderate creasing at old folds.  Memorandum of Agreement between the Chicago Ball Club and the Western Union Telegraph Company allowing the latter to operate a telegraph office on the ball grounds for the season of 1883, and requiring them to "furnish at the grounds of the Chicago Ball Club, during the progress of any league game played there, such reports of league games played elsewhere". With corresponding autograph letter addressed to John Van Horne and signed by R. C. Clowry, noting that the agreement has been enclosed. This agreement marks an important milestone in the earliest years of baseball score broadcasting. Very rare to find anything form Spaulding from the 19th century.

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