NEXT EVENT: 'Goodwill Match' on Sat 10/30/2021 at 12:00 PM (see Schedule for details)

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2021 Saint Louis Cup

The 7th Annual Saint Louis Cup is on Saturday, July 31, 2021 in beautiful and historic St. Louis Forest Park. Fifteen teams from St. Louis-MO, Branson-MO, Belleville-IL, Bloomington-IL, Danville-IL, Decatur-IL, Murphysboro-IL, Springfield-IL, Northern Illinois, Columbus Ohio, Memphis Tennessee, Nashville Tennessee and Menomonie Wisconsin will take to 5 fields to play 25 matches of vintage base ball. Matches start at 9:00 am and finish at 4:15 pm.

If your vintage base ball club is interested in participating in 2021, please contact Tony "Lightning" Wicker on our Facebook page.

2021 Participating Clubs are:
Belleville Stags - IL	Hog & Hominy Pick 9 - TN
Lafayette Square Cyclone - MO	McLean County Prairie Chickens - IL
Memphis Blues - TN	Blue Caps - WI
Murphysboro Clarkes - IL	Ohio Village Muffins - OH
Rock Springs Ground Squirrels - IL	Springfield Long Nine - IL
St. Charles Explorers - MO	St. Louis Brown Stockings - MO
St. Louis Perfectos - MO	Vermilion Voles - IL
Westerns of Topeka - KS

The matches will be played using most of the existing rules of 1860 base ball.

St. Louis' Forest Park hosted the 1904 World's Fair. It is home to the St. Louis Zoo, the History Museum, the Art Museum and the Muny Opera, as well as many other attractions, including a 27-hole public golf course.

2021 Schedule - Saint Louis Cup
Saturday, July 31 in Forest Park, St. Louis MO
	Lindell Field	Cricket Field West	Cricket Field East	Langenberg Field West	Langenberg Field East
9:00 am	St. Charles Explorers vs Westerns of Topeka Umpire: Jack "Crackin" Burkman	Belleville Stags vs McLean County Prairie Chickens Umpire: Mark "Wheels" Olmsted	St. Louis Perfectos vs Mnemonie Blue Caps Umpire: Mark "Drifter" Griffith	Springfield Long Nine vs Ohio Village Muffins Umpire: John Francis
10:30 am	Vermilion Voles vs Westerns of Topeka Umpire: Jack "Crackin" Burkman	Memphis Blues vs Lafayette Square Cyclone Umpire: Brian "Twinkletoes" Thede	Rock Spring Ground Squirrels vs Murphysboro Clarkes Umpire: Todd "Dutch" Eschman	Springfield Long Nine vs Hog & Hominy Umpire: Brad "Chatterbox" Waller
11:45 am	LUNCH
12:30 pm	St. Louis Brown Stockings vs Murphysboro Clarkes	Belleville Stags vs Ohio Village Muffins Umpire: John Francis	St. Louis Perfectos vs Springfield Long Nine Umpire: Wendy "Wicket" Hager	Westerns of Topeka vs McLean County Prarie Chickens Umpire: Mark "Wheels" Olmsted	St. Charles Explorers vs Menomonie Blue Caps Umpire: Jack "Crackin" Burkman
2:00 pm	St. Louis Brown Stockings vs Hog & Hominy Umpire: John Francis	Rock Springs Ground Squirrels vs Memphis Blues Umpire: Dave "Beans" Heim		Vermillion Voles vs Lafayette Square Cyclone
3:30 pm	Hog & Hominy vs Menomonie Blue Caps Umpire: Matt "Scoops" Lurk	Belleville Stags vs Memphis Blues	St. Louis Perfectos vs McLean County Prairie Chickens Umpire: Wendy "Wicket" Hager

Below is a map of Forest Park (courtesy of Forest Park Forever). The 5 fields we are using for the base ball matches are marked with a large, red "X". Click the map to open a larger version. We've also embedded a Google map below the Forest Park map.
We recommend parking on Grand Drive or in the "Twin Lots" parking lots just South of Grand Drive, just to the West of Cricket Field (left of the field on the map). Parking in this part of the park is free.

"For the Glory of the Game - Huzzah!"