Photograph, Little Rock Accidentals Baseball Club
Object number1993.002.01
Dateca 1873
MediumPaper, ink, wood, glass
Dimensions11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionBlack and white Photo of 1873 Little Rock Accidentals Baseball Club framed in wood, painted black. Description in ink on paper attached - Left to Right: "Fred Seibard, pitcher; Ormand Butler Feild, outfield; Albert Wassell, outfield; A.Jennings - Standing. Sitting: Chester Jennings, catcher; H.G. Allis, outfield; Sterling W. Tucker, third base; Silas Talbot (Tolly) Feild, first base; Arthur Flornoy Feild, 2nd base; William Presley Feild, shortstop; and William Allen Feild, age 5, seated in front. The batboy in the extreme right background is either Jim Lewis or Buck Simpson. The picture was taken in the front yard of the residence of Silas Flournoy Feild at 215 East 9th St.
On the back of the frame: "Note - See the Arkansas Gazette of Aug. 3, 1955, for all about the Accidental Baseball Team. With other information about many relatives. William Terry Feild, twin brother of Talbot Feild, died Sept. 24, 1971 at Fountain Blue Nursing Home, Little Rock, Ark on West Markham St. Funeral at Christ Church, 5th & Scott St. Burial in Mt. Holly Cemetery, next to his mother in the Feild lot."
"Silas Flournoy Feild and William Hume Feild, Jr. were Brothers of Louisa Dudley Feild who married Charles Anthony Caldwell, Grandson of Thomas Caldwell, born in Ireland, and immigrated to Virginia.
In 1875, the Accidentals were playing in Hot Springs, Ark. and a gentleman from New York City saw the team play and wanted to employ Talbot Field as a professional and take him north with him. A few hours later (after the game), while a crowd of the boys were standing in front of the old Hot Springs Hotel, a member of the Hot Springs Club claimed that 'Tolly' could knock a (ball?) to the Sumpter House, which then stood way back on the lot. The gentleman from New York City stepped up and drawing his pocketbook, said 'I'll bet $20.00 this man can knock it clear over the house. 'Done, I'll take the bet', said the other party. At the first effort, 'Tolly' sent the ball over the house amid the cheers from the crowd. Feild was handed the money the New Yorker won, which (?) it to the invalids and cripples of the Valley."
Status
Not on view
October 11, 1961
November 12, 1925
1831