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Umpire Richard D'Ambrisi holds the game ball that is mostly leather and softer than the modern baseball. Mr. D'Ambrisi wore a bowtie and straw hat.
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Elkton Eclipse outfielder Glyn "Hammer" Richards hits a pitch during the game played in Leesburg. The bats used during the 1860s era were wood but had a thicker handle and a more narrow barrel.
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Dressed in a vintage baseball uniform, Potomac Nine pitcher J.D. "Buckeye" Almond (left), of Marshall, Va., talks to his son Wyatt before play started at the Loudoun Preservation Society's 19th Century Baseball Day at the Oatlands, in Leesburg, Va., on June 12. Three balls are a walk and fouls aren't strikes in the vintage game .
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Elkton Eclipse outfielder Glyn "Hammer" Richards (below, left) of Mount Ephraim, N.J., and J.D. Almond do the "bat toss" before the start of the game. The winner of the hand-over-hand action chooses if his team will field or hit first. Players of vintage baseball don't wear gloves in the field and batters don't wear helmets.
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This June 24, 2010, file photo shows John Isner of the U.S. and France's Nicolas Mahut, right, posing for a photo next to the scoreboard following their record-breaking men's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon. No other match had lasted longer than 6 hours, 33 minutes, a time Isner and Mahut surpassed by more than 4½ hours. No other match had lasted more than 112 games; they played 183. The fifth set alone lasted 138 games over 8 hours, 11 minutes. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File Pool)
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A spectator takes a nap during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Players make their way around a water hazard during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Jeff Overton tries to blast his way out of a bunker next to the 14th green during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./The Washington Times)
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Ryan Palmer waits to putt on the 14th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./The Washington Times)
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Jeff Overton hits a fairway shot on his way to a double bogey on the 14th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Jason Day walks down a fairway during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Jim Furyk during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Michael Tobiason, Jr., of Wilmington, Del. hits out of a bunker next to the 4th green during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./The Washington Times)
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Joan Tobiason watches her son Michael Tobiason, Jr., of Wilmington, Del. tee off on the first hole during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./The Washington Times)
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Fans look to see where Luke Donald's fairway shot on the 13th hole lands during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Luke Donald, of England, hits a fairway shot on the 13th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Members of the gallery cross the fairway between groups during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Caddie Gerry Thornton and Michael Tobiason, Jr., of Wilmington, Del. walk up the 4th fairway during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./The Washington Times)
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Spectators watch Luke Donald tee off on the 13th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Luke Donald, of England, waits to putt on the 12th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
