The Atlantics attended the annual Old Bethpage Vintage Base Ball Festival this weekend and drew two fine clubs to play a pair of 1864 matches with. The Westfield Wheelmen and the Liberty Base Ball Club both of whom the Atlantics had played last year at this event.
In our first match of the day the Atlantics went ahead in the beginning innings, but the Wheelmen had a fighting spirit and scored late in the match. They even notched two aces in the top of the ninth to tie the game.
With the pressure mounting both teams showed their mettle but the Atlantics tallied the winning ace in the bottom of the 11th on a pitched ball which took a troublesome path away from the catcher allowing Dean 'Dreambucket' Emma to score from third base.
Frank 'Hammy' Obidienzo tossed the complete game for the Atlantics while George 'Blackjack' Pappas led the offense with three hits in four chances.
Hammy, Frank 'Shakespeare' Van Zant and Anthony 'Willy Mo' Stelmach each contributed two hits as well.
This was the Atlantics third meeting with the Wheelmen in as many years, and the Atlantics look forward to another fine played match in the future.
Our second match of the day was against the Liberty Base Ball Club from Connecticut who were short a couple of hands.
Ed 'Pigtail' Elmore pitched the first 5 innings of the contest letting Marc 'Nice-n-Easy' Josloff toss the remaining innings.
Anthony 'Dirty Pirate' Cannino and Dreambucket did a fine job of swatting leather as the balls flew around the field when they batted. Both the Dirty Pirate and Dreambucket accrued three hits a piece while Matt 'Krawler' Kouyoumdjian, and Vincent 'Tuna' Aurora managed two.
The final tally marks indicate the score concluded at 15-5 in a well umpired match by the arbitor Thomas 'Dirt' Fioriglio of the Mutual Base Ball Club.
The Atlantics next play on Sunday August 5th against the Essex Base Ball Club who is meeting us at MCU Park in Coney Island, the home of the Brooklyn Cyclones.
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