The event will also feature a Children’s Mini-Baseball Camp, Fun Run and other pre-game activities.
Norway Savings Bank is a prime sponsor.
From 10 a.m. to noon, Maine Baseball Hall of Famer Mort Soule is set to host a baseball camp for children ages 7-12. Players are asked to bring their glove, while equipment will be provided. The fees are $15 per child with a maximum of $40 for a family. To register, call 865-3170.
From noon to 12:20 p.m., there will be a “Hit for Distance Contest,” followed by a Fun Flag Run from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. There is no charge for participation.
“Casey at the Bat” will also be read by Soule at 1:15 p.m. Soule recently read Casey at Fenway Park’s ‘Maine Day.’
There will also be a vintage baseball card collection on display.
Promptly at 1:30 p.m. the Vintage Baseball Game, between rivals Dirigo of Maine and Ipswich of Massachusetts, is scheduled to commence.
The teams play according to the 1860 rules.
Umpire Jeff Pert will be on the field to explain those rules to all ‘cranks’ (fans). Game rules will be posted on the Freeport Historical Society website and will be available at the game.
After the teams play, the community is invited to play the teams.
Adult tickets are $5, while Society members and Children are free.
The accordion band ‘The Maine Squeeze’ will be playing old-time favorites.
Hot dogs, ice cream and beer — only because it is historically correct — will be available.
Fans and participants are asked to being folding chairs, blankets and umbrellas, or they can sit in newly installed bleachers “and enjoy baseball as it was played in its earliest days — on a farm field.”
Historic Pettengill Farm is located 1.5 miles from the main L.L. Bean store. Turn down Bow Street, off of Main and watch for Pettengill Road on the right. Turn in and proceed down dirt road.
Parking is available.
For more information, call 865-3170 or go to www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org
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