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10th Annual St. Louis Cup

2024 Saint Louis Cup

The 10th Annual Saint Louis Cup is on Saturday, July 27, 2024 in beautiful and historic St. Louis Forest Park. Teams will take to 4 fields to play 16 matches of vintage base ball. Matches start at 9:00 am and finish at 3:30 pm.

If your vintage base ball club is interested in participating in 2024, please contact Tony "Lightning" Wicker on our Facebook page.

Many clubs are also attending the MLB baseball game at Busch Stadium on Friday, July 26, 2024 between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Washington Nationals. Please contact Tony "Lightning" Wicker for more information or to purchase discounted group tickets.

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.

2024 Schedule - Saint Louis Cup
Saturday, July 27 in Forest Park, St. Louis MO
Lindell Field Cricket Field West Cricket Field East Langenberg Field West
9:00 am St. Louis Brown Stockings vs
Hog & Hominy
Umpire: Greg "Swede" Youngstrom
Lafayette Square Cyclone vs
Indianapolis Blues
Umpire:
Belleville Stags vs
Cincinnati Buckeyes
Umpire: Tim "Super D" DeSherlia
Memphis Blues vs
Vermilion Voles
Umpire: Jack "Crackin" Burkman
10:30 am Milwaukee Cream Cities vs
Champaign Clippers
Umpire: Brad "Chatterbox" Waller
Springcatur Long Squirrels vs
Cincinnati Buckeyes
Umpire: Mark "Wheels" Olmsted
Hog & Hominy vs
McLean County Prairie Chickens
Umpire: Todd "Dutch" Eschman
Indianapolis Blues vs
Memphis Blues
Umpire: Jim "Weed Eater" Knoblauch
11:45 am LUNCH
12:30 pm St. Louis Brown Stockings vs
Cincinnati Buckeyes
Umpire: Greg "Swede" Youngstrom
Lafayette Square Cyclone vs
Champaign Clippers
Umpire: Tim "Super D" DeSherlia
Belleville Stags vs
McLean County Prairie Chickens
Umpire: Brian "Twinkletoes" Thede
Vermilion Voles vs
St. Louis Unions
Umpire: Greg "Southpaw" Simons
2:00 pm McLean County Prairie Chickens vs
Milwaukee Cream Cities
Umpire: Brian "Twinkletoes" Thede
Springcatur Long Squirrels vs
Indianapolis Blues
Umpire: Mark "Wheels" Olmsted
Belleville Stags vs
Memphis Blues
Umpire: Brad "Chatterbox" Waller
St. Louis Unions vs
Hog & Hominy
Umpire: Jack "Crackin" Burkman
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!"