Cowtown Scramble Vintage Base Ball Festival
Each year on the first weekend in October, Creamery Field Vintage Base Ball Park, home of the Bovina Dairymen in Bovina Center, N.Y., hosts a premier event in the 19th century baseball community amid the backdrop of fall colors in the Catskill Mountain foothills. Teams from throughout the Northeast compete for the love of the game and in 2023, for the first time since its inception, the Cream of the Crop Award (an antique butter churn) was bestowed upon the team demonstrtating the most skill, sportsmanship and grit - the Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn, a team that has among the longest tenure in vintage baseball.
Mark your calendars for this year's festival on October 5-6, 2024 and stay tuned here for schedule updates. Teams expected this year include Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn, Bovina Dairymen, Delhi Polecats, Fleischmanns Mountain Athletic Club, Mutual Base Ball Club of New York, Providence Grays, Saugerties Base Ball Club and the Westfield Wheelmen.
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