Today marks the 120th anniversary of Westfield native Adonis Terry getting the upset win in Game One of the 1889 World Series against the New York Giants at the famous Polo Grounds in New York. According to the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper, Terry was not scheduled to start in the box in Game One in the best of eleven series for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms as that honor was slated for 40 game winner Bob Caruthers to take on the legendary New York Giants who had multiple future Hall of Famers in their line-up. Terry struckout three batters and walked five in the 8 inning darkness shortened game won by Brooklyn 12-10.
The Brooklyn Bridegrooms would go on to become the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers and today they are known as the Los Angeles Dodgers. What would Terry think of Manny on his team?
Read the game recap Brooklyn Eagle by clicking on the link below and entering the date October 19, 1889 and go to page 4. Just click on the article on the page for a larger view. http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Skins/BEagle/Client.asp?Skin=BEagle
