In the great tradition, a gentleman is keeping score for his 1860 rules base ball club. So often in vintage base ball, all the guys want to play, not keep score, so the job is passed off onto a player's wife, but historically, the task was within a gentleman's realm. Pictured is Ray Slover of the Perfectos, at the Shepard Barclay Festival, Lafayette Park, St. Louis, Missouri, June 5, 2004.
Casey (McGinnis) Croy photo.
