2013 World Tournament of Historic Base Ball
August 10 & 11, 2013

Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11, 9:30am - 5pm)

Click here to download the 2013 World Tournament of Historic Base Ball program.

• Tournament Games
  9:30am – 5pm • Walnut Grove #1 and #2 & Hawthorne Glade
  See historic base ball games throughout the day.
  
  
• DON'T MISS! Base Ball Artifacts
  9:30am – 5pm • Luther Burbank Birthplace
  Come see the actual championship trophy bat awarded to the Unknowns from Jackson, Michigan—winners of the first-class division at the World’s Base Ball Tournament in Detroit—and an original copy of Haney’s Base Ball Book of Reference for 1867 by Henry Chadwick. These and other base ball artifacts from the collections of The Henry Ford are on display.
  
  
• 1867 Base Ball Skill Test
  10am – 5pm • Village Green
  Try your hand at pitching and see how fast you can run the bases.
  
  
• Massachusetts Rules Game
  9:30am – 11am • Village Green
  Play the pre-Civil War stick-and-ball game that preceded the game of 1867.
  
  
• 1929 Medley
  1pm – 3:30pm • Near Scotch Settlement School
  A 15-minute music medley celebrating the founding year of The Henry Ford!
  
  
• Simply Gershwin
  11:30am • 12:45pm • 2:15pm • 3:30pm • Town Hall
  Celebrate George Gershwin in this lively, 30-minute music, comedy and dance revue.
  
  
• Model T Medley
  11:45am • 2:30pm • Near Scotch Settlement School
  A 10-minute music medley with a dash of Model T humor.
  
  
• Cricket
  11am – 4pm • Village Green
  Learn and play another early stick-and-ball game— cricket—with expert Tom Melville.
  
  
• Players’ Skills Competition
  1:30pm – 2:30pm • Walnut Grove #1 and #2
  Come see the most accurate thrower, the fastest runner and the farthest thrower from among the tournament clubs.
  
  
• Championship Game (Sunday only)
  2:30pm • Walnut Grove #1
  
  
• Awards Ceremony
  (Immediately following the championship game)
  Walnut Grove #1
  A $300 cash prize will be awarded to the champion club, and a bag of peanuts will go to the club with the least number of victories, just as in the 1867 World Tournament!
  Pottery prizes handcrafted by the artisans of Liberty Craftworks in Greenfield Village.