Seventeenth and last in a series of posts about attendance at Cubs' home games in 1876-1900, the 25 seasons of the National League before the Modern Era began in 1901.
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Sixth in a series of posts about attendance at Cubs' home games in 1876-1900, the 25 seasons of the National League before the Modern Era began in 1901.
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A Major League team's attendance.
Fourth in a series of posts about attendance at Cubs' home games in 1876-1900, the 25 seasons of the National League before the Modern Era began in 1901.
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The 12,000 people who attended.
Umpiring was a major issue in Major League Baseball during the 19th Century.
With only 1, then 2 umpires, calls frequently were missed and often disputed.
Back then, as now, some of the umpires.