Squires Home Game

See how base ball was played during the Civil War era, when it was first rising to popularity, with the Spiegel Grove Squires.

This season, the Squires, the vintage team at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, have six home games and will participate in vintage base ball tournaments and games at other sites in Ohio. Today's game is at 1 p.m. vs. the Akron Blackstockings.

Home games are played on the lawn behind the Hayes Home, and admission is free.

The Squires bring to life the sport when it became organized with standard rules of play for clubs. Back then, base ball was spelled with two words.

The Squires are volunteers who have studied and learned the methods of play used in the 1860s, including playing bare-handed. Players are called ballists, and they wear period-style uniforms and adopt the language of 19th-century base ball during their matches, as games were called during the 1860s.

The Squires are sponsored by Whirlpool Corp.

You may also like the following events from Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums:

• This Wednesday, 23rd July, 01:30 pm, 36 Years Tour of the Hayes Home in Fremont
• This Wednesday, 23rd July, 06:30 pm, Verandah Concert - Ragtime Rick & The Chefs of Dixieland in Fremont
• Next Saturday, 2nd August, 10:00 am, Tree Tour - Landscapes Through Time in Fremont

Also check out other Sports events in Fremont.