Eclipse Base Ball Club
Founded 1869
On a very warm and muggy late June day we saw our ballists from Northville travel north to once again participate in the Historic Holly vintage baseball tournament, featuring four of the finest teams in all of Michigan. The Northville Eclipse from
It’s early May, and that means it’s time once again for the Northville Eclipse BBC to take the field. For their opening game the Eclipse welcomed their friends the Early Risers BBC of Detroit to the Inaugural match of the
Some of us came back last evening fairly tired out with our hours in the trenches marching through the city. Our company was on the left flank and acted as part of the reserve. We acted pleasantly and past through the evening
A warm muggy Sunday afternoon in Northville brought together the Cornshuckers and Eclipse for a showcase of young talent at Ford Field. The match was in a tenuous spot after the area witnessed large amounts of rain. Such a desolate scene I
[rcs_slider id=”2407″] The news of the sudden passing of our friend, Jim Haggerty, is a deep loss to the Eclipse family, friends and those in the vintage base ball community. May God Bless his wife, Judy, their children and their loved ones.
Dear friends and family, I take to pen to let you know that we are all well. At present hoping that this will find you in the same. I have just returned from a trip around the campsite where we have settled
Mumford, NY August 11 Dear Northville, I take pen to hand to inform you that we are all well and hope that this letter may find you all well. The base ball club from Northville are in good spirits. We are in
The club from Northville gathered together and loaded their few private belongings inside covered wagons and made their annual summer trek across the dry, hot plains of lower Michigan into the picturesque settlement of Dearborn. After a ceremonious welcome from the local
A few months into their season, the Eclipse have started to develop an identity as a young, aggressive fun-spirited group of ballists that seem to thrive on friendly banter amongst themselves because of their camaraderie that they’ve built in the past few
Spring gradually turns into summer and quickly heads for fall. A new season brings hope while the end of it brings heartache. Such is the seemingly short period that a ballist feels while playing a game they love. The Eclipse Base Ball Club