Candy Cummings
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William Arthur "Candy" Cummings was an American amateur and professional baseball player. He played as a pitcher in the National Association and National League. Cummings is widely credited with inven
Cummings in 1872
Plaque of Cummings at the Baseball Hall of Fame
Excelsior of Brooklyn
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The Brooklyn Excelsiors were an amateur baseball team that played in Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 1854, the club featured future pitching stars Jim Creighton, Asa Brainard, and Candy Cummings.
Candy Cummings
…the Star Base Ball Club, one of Brooklyn's best clubs, pitching for its junior squad. Showing great promise, he was lured to another top Brooklyn club, Excelsior. At the age of 17, Cummings made his debut in the National Association of Base Ball Players with the Excelsior senior team. His first game with the…
The 1860 Brooklyn Excelsior Base Ball Club
Grand base ball match for the championship, between the Excelsior and Atlantic clubs, of Brooklyn, at the Excelsior Grounds, South Brooklyn, on Thursday, July 19, 1860