Summary
University baseball team, 1879
Penn again played only 1 game, an away loss to Princeton 21-8.
The 1879 yearbook and the 1913 Athletic Association history of Penn athletics lists seven College students plus two Medical School students as players on this team, as well as a manager. A photograph of an 1879 baseball team, however, identifies an amost completely different group of players.
Team Members
- Louis Cornette Brastow, ’81, captain
- Frederick Bain, ’81
- Oscar Charles Sumner Carter, ’79
- C. Gillespie, ’80 Medical
- Horace Hoffman Lee, ’79
- Meyer Schamberg, ’82
- John Borland Thayer, Jr., ’82
- Edwin Van Dusen, ’80 Medical
- Edward Anderson White, ’81
Manager:
- William Wainwright Britton, ’79
Members in the Photograph
- Frank Madison Dick, ’81, captain
- John Borland Thayer, Jr., ’82, captain
- J.T. Bailey, ’81
- Louis Cornette Brastow, ’81
- Alfred G. Clay, ’80 Law
- William Heyward Drayton, ’81
- Reginald Lawrence Hart, ’79
- Thomas Guy Hunter ’82
- John Eaton LeConte, ’81
- P.W. Miller, ’82 Law
- Gustavus Remak, ’82
- William Thomas Robinson, ’81
- William Moore Stewart, ’79
- George Chapman Thayer, 81
Umpire:
- Ellis Ames Ballard, ’81
| Date | Opponent | Location | Score | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn | Opponent | ||||
| April 26 | Princeton | Princeton | 8 | 21 | Loss |