2012 World Tournament of Historic Base Ball
August 11 & 12, 2012

Saturday, August 13, 2011 (9:30am - 5pm)

• Tournament Games
  9:30am – 5pm • Walnut Grove #1 and #2 and Hawthorne Glade
  See historic baseball games throughout the day
  Earlier games played are done in order to get all Tournament Games completed.
  
  
• 1867 Base Ball Skill Test
  10am – 5pm • Village Green
  Try your hand at pitching and see how fast you can run the bases
  
  
• Cricket
  11am – 4pm • Village Green
  Learn and play another early stick-and-ball game, cricket with expert Tom Melville
  
  
• Simply Broadway
  11:30am • 12:45pm • 2:15pm • 3:30pm • Town Hall
  
  
• Model T Medley
  11:45am • 2:30pm • Near Scotch Settlement School
  A 10-minute music medley with a dash of Model T humor.
  
  
• Dodworth Saxhorn Band Concert

Sunday, August 14, 2011 (9:30am - 5pm)

• Tournament Games
  9:30am – 5pm • Walnut Grove #1 and #2 and Hawthorne Glade
  Historic baseball games will be held throughout the day
  Earlier games played are done in order to get all Tournament Games completed.
  
  
• 1867 Base Ball Skill Test
  10am – 5pm • Village Green
  Try your hand at pitching and see how fast you can run the bases
  
  
• Cricket
  11am – 4pm • Village Green
  Learn and play another early stick-and-ball game, cricket with expert Tom Melville
  
  
• Simply Broadway
  11:30am • 12:45pm • 2:15pm • 3:30pm
  Town Hall
  
  
• Model T Medley
  11:45am • 2:30pm • Near Scotch Settlement School
  A 10-minute music medley with a dash of Model T humor.
  
  
• Players Skills Competition
  1:30pm – 2:30pm • Walnut Grove
  Come see the most accurate thrower, the fastest runner and the ball thrown the farthest from among the tournament clubs
  
  
• Championship Game
  2:30pm • Walnut Grove #1
  Featuring 1984 World Series Champion Detroit Dave Bergman, who will provide play-by-play commentary for the championship game.
  
  
• Awards Ceremony
  Immediately following the Championship Game
  Walnut Grove #1
  
  The following will be awarded:
  Champion • Finest Club Uniform • Fastest Base Runner • Farthest Distance Traveled • Reserve Champion • Finest Captain • Finest Pitcher • Henry Chadwick Sportsmanship Award

A $300 cash prize awarded to the champion club, as was one of the original prizes at the 1867 World’s Tournament. The club with the fewest wins will receive a sack of peanuts Awards presented by John Neilson, Director, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Pottery handcrafted by the artisans of Liberty Craftworks in Greenfield Village.