Cowtown Vintage Base Ball 2008 Schedule
Team Records: Bull Dozers (1-7) - Red Stockings (6-2) - Bull Stockings (2-3)
Cowtown Champions: Red Stockings - League Champions: Red Stockings
Cowtown MVP: Red Stockings' - Jon "Redwood" Shockley
April 19, 2008 - 9:00 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.
May 9, 2008 - 6:00 PM - Friday - Wichita River Festival Parade
May 10, 2008 - 1:00 PM - Saturday - Old Cowtown Museum
The Bull Dozers and Red Stockings make their 2008 Old Cowtown Museum debut.
The teams will play one game as part of the museum's opening for the River Festival.
May 17, 2008 - 1:30 PM - Saturday - Old Cowtown Museum
Cowtown's Grand Opening. The Bull Dozers and Red Stockings will try
again to play a game at the museum if the weather is good.
May 24, 2008 - 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.
June 1, 2008 - 1:00 PM - Sunday - 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. The Butler
County Historical Society is hosting the event.
June 21, 2008 - Game Time 11:00 AM - Saturday - The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
A single game, with lunch after the game, at the Tall Grass National Prairie Preserve.
June 22 2008 - 5:00 PM - Sunday - Lawrence Dumont Stadium
After the Wichita Wingnuts 2 PM game, the Bulldozers and Red Stockings will
play a single game. Cowtown Vintage Base Ball, Old Cowtown Museum,
and the Wichita WingNuts are promoting this event to collect new and
used baseball equipment from the public to send to our military members
serving overseas.
July 12, 2008 - 10:00 AM - Saturday - Dallas, Texas
The Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club travels to Texas to play match
games against a team from Farmers Branch Historical Site and watch
a Texas Rangers game.
August 9, 2008 - 10:00 AM - Saturday - Old Cowtown Museum
CVBB Tournament. The St. Louis Unions, Farmers Branch Historical Site,
and Hodgeman County teams will come to Old Cowtown to play the local teams
August 17, 2008 - Game Time 6:00PM - 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.
September 7, 2008 - 1:30 PM - Sunday - Old Cowtown Museum
A single game between the Red Stockings and the Bull Dozers.
September 20, 2008 - 1:00 PM - Saturday - John Brown Museum in Osawatomie, KS
The Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club travels to Osawatomie to
participate in a game against a local nine.
October 4 & 5, 2008 - 1:30 PM - Saturday & Sunday - Old Fashioned County Fair at Old Cowtown Museum
A single game each day between the Red Stockings and the Bull Dozers.
October 11, 2008 - 10:00 AM - Saturday - Lawrence Dumont Stadium
As part of the ALS Walk, the Red Stockings and the Bull Dozers will
play a game at Lawrence Dumont Stadium to support the event.
October 19, 2008 - 1:30 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.