Cowtown Vintage Base Ball 2007 Schedule


Team Records: Bull Dozers (2-5)  -  Red Stockings (5-2)  -  Bull Stockings (4-3)
Cowtown Champions: Red Stockings  -  League Champions: Red Stockings
Cowtown MVP: Red Stockings' - Paul "Colonel" Klinkhammer

April 14, 2007 - 9:30 AM - Saturday - Old Cowtown Museum
Spring training and organizational meeting. There will be a meeting to elect officers, finalize the schedule and discuss any other base ball business with our annual practice and field cleaning afterwards. Donuts provided.


April 20, 2007 - 6:00 PM - Friday - Old Cowtown Museum
Old Cowtown Museum will be hosting a Kansas Chapter of the National Guard and the Wichita Red Stockings and Wichita Bull Dozers will play one game as part of the evenings event.


April 29, 2007 - 1:00 PM - Sunday - College Hill Park - Wichita, Kansas
Opening day for the Cowtown Vintage Base Ball 2007 season with 1 game between the Red Stockings and Bull Dozers.


May 11, 2007 - 6:30 PM - Friday - Wichita River Festival Parade
We are in section 4 which will stage on the east side of Main, starting at Central running north to 8th street. Enter the staging area from north of 8th street going south. Be at the staging area prior to 5:30 PM. We CANNOT pass out anything to the crowd and everyone must wear a Riverfest button. Some buttons will be available in the packet for the people in the parade.


May 19, 2007 - 2:00 PM - Saturday - Kansas State Historical Museum - Topeka, Kansas
The Wichita Bull Dozers and the Topeka Westerns will renew a rivalry that started in 1879.


May 26, 2007 - 1:00 PM - Saturday - Fort Larned - Larned, Kansas
The Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club will play a match game against the 1st Colorado Volunteer Infantry as part of the Fort's celebration of their Santa Fe Trail Day's event. The team will eat dinner at noon with the troops and adjourn to the field afterwards for the contest.


June 16, 2007 - 1:00 PM - Saturday - Old Cowtown Museum
The Bull Dozers and Red Stockings make their 2007 Old Cowtown Museum debut. The teams will play one game as part of the museums 2007 opening day weekend.


June 18, 2007 - 6:00 PM - Monday - Old Cowtown Museum
Old Cowtown Museum will be hosting a party for the Downtown Rotary and the Wichita Red Stockings and Wichita Bull Dozers will play one game as part of the evenings event.


June 23, 2007 - 7:05 PM - Saturday - Cowtown Nine vs. El Dorado Broncos - El Dorado, Kansas
The Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club returns to El Dorado for another game against the Broncos played per the rules of 1860. There will be a short exhibition game starting at 6:15 between the Wichita Red Stockings and the Wichita Bull Dozers. The Butler County Historical Society is hosting the event.


June 24, 2007 - 2:00 PM - Sunday - Old Cowtown Museum
A single game between the Red Stockings and the Bull Dozers as part of the "Women of the West" theme at the museum.


July 7 2007 - 12:30 PM - Saturday - Old Cowtown Museum
The teams will have a period correct lunch with Entre Nouz Dancers at Cowtown Independence Days.


July 8, 2007 - 2:00 PM - Sunday - Sim Park
A game against some of the local media talent.


July 22 2007 - 2:00 PM - Sunday - Old Cowtown Museum
The teams will play a single game against each other to get ready for the games in St. Louis.


August 4, 2007 - 10:00 AM - Saturday - Florissant, Missouri
The Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club travels to Missouri to play match games against the St. Louis Unions. The Old St. Ferdinand Shrine in Florissant, Missouri is the home field of the St. Louis Unions.


August 12, 2007 - 6:00 PM - Sunday - College Hill Park, Wichita Kansas
A single game between the Red Stockings and the Bull Dozers. The Cowtown Base Ball Club will help celebrate the College Hill Neighborhood Association's Family Fun Days Event. College Hill pool will be open until 7:30 PM.


August 26, 2007 - 2:00 PM - Sunday - Lyons, Kansas
The Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club will travel to Lyons to play the Buffalo Soldiers.


September 10, 2007 - 6:30 PM - Monday - Lyons, Kansas
The Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club heads back to Lyons to participate in the Great Santa Fe Trial Horse Race and will play a local nine.


September 16, 2007 - 1:00 PM - Sunday - Old Cowtown Museum
The Hodgeman County 9 will travel from Western Kansas to Wichita to play a game against the Bull Stockings.


September 23, 2007 - 2:00 PM - Sunday - Valley Center, KS
The Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club travels to Valley Center to participate in the towns Fall Festival against a local nine.


October 14, 2007 - 2:00 PM - Sunday - Old Cowtown Championship Game
The Red Stockings and the Bull Dozers will face-off for a final game of the year. The winner will be crowned the Champions of Old Cowtown Museum. A presentation will take place right after the game with individual awards and team awards at a Baseball Banquet.