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The '''Dauvray Cup''' was a [[championship]] [[trophy]] awarded in [[professional baseball]] from 1887 to 1893.<ref name=90feet>{{cite book |last=Robbins |first=Mike |date=2004 |title=Ninety Feet from Fame: Close Calls with Baseball Immortality |location=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf Publishers |pages=269–70 |isbn=0-7867-1335-6 }}</ref><ref name=Thorn1>{{cite web |url=http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2011/11/03/baseballs-lost-chalice/ |title=Baseball’s Lost Chalice |last=Thorn |first=John |date=November 3, 2011 |website=Our Game |publisher=MLBlogs Network |access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> Named after [[Helen Dauvray]], who presented the cup, it was initially awarded to the winner of the [[World Series#The original World Series|World Series]] between the [[National League]] and [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]]. It was the first World Series trophy.<ref name=Thorn1 /> The last National League-American Association series was in 1890, with the latter collapsing after the end of the following season. The cup was then awarded to the winner of the [[List of National League pennant winners|National League pennant]]. Like the [[Stanley Cup]], the same trophy was used each season rather than a new one being made.<ref name=90feet /> The Dauvray Cup has since been lost.
The '''Dauvray Cup''' was a [[championship]] [[trophy]] awarded in [[professional baseball]] from 1887 to 1893.<ref name=90feet>{{cite book |last=Robbins |first=Mike |date=2004 |title=Ninety Feet from Fame: Close Calls with Baseball Immortality |location=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf Publishers |pages=[https://archive.org/details/ninetyfeetfromfa0000robb/page/269 269–70] |isbn=0-7867-1335-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/ninetyfeetfromfa0000robb/page/269 }}</ref><ref name=Thorn1>{{cite web |url=http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2011/11/03/baseballs-lost-chalice/ |title=Baseball's Lost Chalice |last=Thorn |first=John |date=November 3, 2011 |website=Our Game |publisher=MLBlogs Network |access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> Named after stage actress [[Helen Dauvray]], who presented the cup, it was initially awarded to the winner of the [[World Series#The original World Series|World Series]] between the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] and [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]]. It was the first World Series trophy.<ref name=Thorn1 /> The last National League-American Association series was in 1890, with the latter collapsing after the end of the following season. The cup was then awarded to the winner of the [[List of National League pennant winners|National League pennant]]. Like the [[Stanley Cup]] of [[ice hockey]], the same trophy was used each season rather than a new one being made.<ref name=90feet /> The Dauvray Cup has since been lost.


==History==
==History==
[[File:Helen Dauvray, 1896.png|thumb|right|170px|Helen Dauvray in 1896]]
[[File:Helen Dauvray, 1896.png|thumb|right|170px|Helen Dauvray in 1896]]
The cup was named for its presenter, [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] actress [[Helen Dauvray]].<ref name=Thorn1 /> In 1887, Dauvray began a relationship with [[John Montgomery Ward]], [[shortstop]] for the [[History of the New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] and future [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]]. Their marriage was announced in October of that year during the World Series.<ref name=Thorn2>{{cite web |url=http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2011/11/04/baseballs-lost-chalice-part-2/ |title=Baseball’s Lost Chalice, Part 2 |last=Thorn |first=John |date=November 4, 2011 |website=Our Game |publisher=MLBlogs Network |access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref>
The cup was named for its presenter, [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] actress [[Helen Dauvray]].<ref name=Thorn1 /> In 1887, Dauvray began a relationship with [[John Montgomery Ward]], [[shortstop]] for the [[History of the New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] and future [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]]. Their marriage was announced in October of that year during the World Series.<ref name=Thorn2>{{cite web |url=http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2011/11/04/baseballs-lost-chalice-part-2/ |title=Baseball's Lost Chalice, Part 2 |last=Thorn |first=John |date=November 4, 2011 |website=Our Game |publisher=MLBlogs Network |access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref>


Dauvray first announced her intentions to present the trophy in newspapers on May 21, 1887. The announcement described the cup as "a $500 silver cup" in "the form of a true lovers' cup ... about twelve inches high".<ref name=Fox>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/gone-forever-in-search-of-baseball-s-lost-treasures-090214 |title=Gone Forever? In Search of Baseball’s Lost Treasures |last=Malinowski |first=Erik |date= |website=Just a bit Outside |publisher=Foxsports.com |access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=A Lover of Sport |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2309&dat=18870521&id=EVInAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4AMGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6881,4852549 |newspaper= The Daily Argus News|location=Crawfordsville, Indiana |date=May 21, 1887 |access-date=March 5, 2015 }}</ref> On June 1, the Gorham Silver Company began the process of creating the trophy. When some, including National League president [[Nicholas Young (executive)|Nicholas Young]], suggested that the trophy was more for the owner of the winning team than the players, Dauvray agreed to award gold medals to the players of the winning team as well as one umpire.<ref name=Thorn2 /><ref name=MLB.com>{{cite web |url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/25881152/ |title=Dauvray Cup was once a coveted possession |last=Newman |first=Mark |date=November 3, 2011 |website=MLB.com |publisher= |access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name=BtBS>{{cite web |url=http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2010/12/29/1901483/history-of-the-dauvray-cup-1887-world-series |title=History of the Dauvray Cup: 1887 World Series |last=Rogers |first=Mike |date=December 29, 2010 |website=Beyond the Box Score |publisher=SBNation |access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> Some newspapers at the time, including the ''[[Brooklyn Eagle]]'' and ''[[National Police Gazette|Police Gazette]]'', dismissed the trophy as a publicity stunt designed more to promote Dauvray herself than out of a fondness for baseball.<ref name=Thorn2 />
Dauvray first announced her intentions to present the trophy in newspapers on May 21, 1887. The announcement described the cup as "a $500 silver cup" in "the form of a true lovers' cup ... about twelve inches high".<ref name=Fox>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/gone-forever-in-search-of-baseball-s-lost-treasures-090214 |title=Gone Forever? In Search of Baseball's Lost Treasures |last=Malinowski |first=Erik |website=Just a bit Outside |publisher=Foxsports.com |access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=A Lover of Sport |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2309&dat=18870521&id=EVInAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4AMGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6881,4852549 |newspaper= The Daily Argus News|location=Crawfordsville, Indiana |date=May 21, 1887 |access-date=March 5, 2015 }}</ref> On June 1, the Gorham Silver Company began the process of creating the trophy. When some, including National League president [[Nicholas Young (executive)|Nicholas Young]], suggested that the trophy was more for the owner of the winning team than the players, Dauvray agreed to award gold medals to the players of the winning team as well as one umpire.<ref name=Thorn2 /><ref name=MLB.com>{{cite web |url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/25881152/ |title=Dauvray Cup was once a coveted possession |last=Newman |first=Mark |date=November 3, 2011 |website=MLB.com |access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name=BtBS>{{cite web |url=http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2010/12/29/1901483/history-of-the-dauvray-cup-1887-world-series |title=History of the Dauvray Cup: 1887 World Series |last=Rogers |first=Mike |date=December 29, 2010 |website=Beyond the Box Score |publisher=SBNation |access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> Some newspapers at the time, including the ''[[Brooklyn Eagle]]'' and ''[[National Police Gazette|Police Gazette]]'', dismissed the trophy as a publicity stunt designed more to promote Dauvray herself than out of a fondness for baseball.<ref name=Thorn2 />


The Dauvray Cup was first won in 1887 by the [[Detroit Wolverines]] of the NL, who defeated the [[St. Louis Cardinals|St. Louis Browns]] in the [[1887 World Series]].<ref name=BtBS /> It would also be won twice by Ward's Giants, in 1888 and 1889.<ref name=90feet /> The cup was last awarded in 1893 to the [[History of the Boston Braves|Boston Beaneaters]]. The Beaneaters had won the cup three years in a row, having won the NL pennant in 1891 and 1892 as well. The rules established at the creation of the cup stated that it would permanently belong to the first team to win it three years in a row.<ref name=90feet /><ref name=Fox /><ref name=MLB.com /> Dauvray, by that time no longer much interested in either Ward&mdash;they would divorce in November that same year&mdash;or baseball, took no steps to provide a new Dauvray Cup to replace the retired one.<ref name=Thorn3>{{cite web |url=http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2011/11/04/baseballs-lost-chalice-part-3/ |title=Baseball’s Lost Chalice, Part 3 |last=Thorn |first=John |date=November 4, 2011 |website=Our Game |publisher=MLBlogs Network |access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> A replacement would be provided by [[William Chase Temple]], president of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], which became known as the [[Temple Cup]].<ref name=90feet />
The Dauvray Cup was first won in 1887 by the [[Detroit Wolverines]] of the NL, who defeated the [[St. Louis Cardinals|St. Louis Browns]] in the [[1887 World Series]].<ref name=BtBS /> It would also be won twice by Ward's Giants, in 1888 and 1889.<ref name=90feet /> The cup was last awarded in 1893 to the [[History of the Boston Braves|Boston Beaneaters]]. The Beaneaters had won the cup three years in a row, having won the NL pennant in 1891 and 1892 as well. The rules established at the creation of the cup stated that it would permanently belong to the first team to win it three years in a row.<ref name=90feet /><ref name=Fox /><ref name=MLB.com /> Dauvray, by that time no longer much interested in either Ward&mdash;they would divorce in November that same year&mdash;or baseball, took no steps to provide a new Dauvray Cup to replace the retired one.<ref name=Thorn3>{{cite web |url=http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2011/11/04/baseballs-lost-chalice-part-3/ |title=Baseball's Lost Chalice, Part 3 |last=Thorn |first=John |date=November 4, 2011 |website=Our Game |publisher=MLBlogs Network |access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> A replacement would be provided by [[William Chase Temple]], president of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], which became known as the [[Temple Cup]].<ref name=90feet />


According to [[John Thorn]], official historian of [[Major League Baseball]], the last mention of the presence of the Dauvray Cup was on November 12, 1893, in [[Newport, Kentucky|Newport]], [[Kentucky]]. By June 1894, ''[[Sporting Life (American newspaper)|Sporting Life]]'' was wondering in print what had happened to it.<ref name=Thorn3 /> The current location of the Dauvray Cup is unknown.
According to [[John Thorn]], official historian of [[Major League Baseball]], the last mention of the presence of the Dauvray Cup was on November 12, 1893, in [[Newport, Kentucky|Newport]], [[Kentucky]]. By June 1894, ''[[Sporting Life (American newspaper)|Sporting Life]]'' was wondering in print what had happened to it.<ref name=Thorn3 /> The current location of the Dauvray Cup is unknown.
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Dauvray Cup
First awarded:1887
Last awarded:1893
Current location:Unknown
Last holder:Boston Beaneaters
Most Cups:Boston Beaneaters (3)

The Dauvray Cup was a championship trophy awarded in professional baseball from 1887 to 1893.[1][2] Named after stage actress Helen Dauvray, who presented the cup, it was initially awarded to the winner of the World Series between the National League and American Association. It was the first World Series trophy.[2] The last National League-American Association series was in 1890, with the latter collapsing after the end of the following season. The cup was then awarded to the winner of the National League pennant. Like the Stanley Cup of ice hockey, the same trophy was used each season rather than a new one being made.[1] The Dauvray Cup has since been lost.

History

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Helen Dauvray in 1896

The cup was named for its presenter, Broadway actress Helen Dauvray.[2] In 1887, Dauvray began a relationship with John Montgomery Ward, shortstop for the New York Giants and future Hall of Famer. Their marriage was announced in October of that year during the World Series.[3]

Dauvray first announced her intentions to present the trophy in newspapers on May 21, 1887. The announcement described the cup as "a $500 silver cup" in "the form of a true lovers' cup ... about twelve inches high".[4][5] On June 1, the Gorham Silver Company began the process of creating the trophy. When some, including National League president Nicholas Young, suggested that the trophy was more for the owner of the winning team than the players, Dauvray agreed to award gold medals to the players of the winning team as well as one umpire.[3][6][7] Some newspapers at the time, including the Brooklyn Eagle and Police Gazette, dismissed the trophy as a publicity stunt designed more to promote Dauvray herself than out of a fondness for baseball.[3]

The Dauvray Cup was first won in 1887 by the Detroit Wolverines of the NL, who defeated the St. Louis Browns in the 1887 World Series.[7] It would also be won twice by Ward's Giants, in 1888 and 1889.[1] The cup was last awarded in 1893 to the Boston Beaneaters. The Beaneaters had won the cup three years in a row, having won the NL pennant in 1891 and 1892 as well. The rules established at the creation of the cup stated that it would permanently belong to the first team to win it three years in a row.[1][4][6] Dauvray, by that time no longer much interested in either Ward—they would divorce in November that same year—or baseball, took no steps to provide a new Dauvray Cup to replace the retired one.[8] A replacement would be provided by William Chase Temple, president of the Pittsburgh Pirates, which became known as the Temple Cup.[1]

According to John Thorn, official historian of Major League Baseball, the last mention of the presence of the Dauvray Cup was on November 12, 1893, in Newport, Kentucky. By June 1894, Sporting Life was wondering in print what had happened to it.[8] The current location of the Dauvray Cup is unknown.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Robbins, Mike (2004). Ninety Feet from Fame: Close Calls with Baseball Immortality. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. pp. 269–70. ISBN 0-7867-1335-6.
  2. ^ a b c Thorn, John (November 3, 2011). "Baseball's Lost Chalice". Our Game. MLBlogs Network. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Thorn, John (November 4, 2011). "Baseball's Lost Chalice, Part 2". Our Game. MLBlogs Network. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Malinowski, Erik. "Gone Forever? In Search of Baseball's Lost Treasures". Just a bit Outside. Foxsports.com. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "A Lover of Sport". The Daily Argus News. Crawfordsville, Indiana. May 21, 1887. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Newman, Mark (November 3, 2011). "Dauvray Cup was once a coveted possession". MLB.com. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  7. ^ a b Rogers, Mike (December 29, 2010). "History of the Dauvray Cup: 1887 World Series". Beyond the Box Score. SBNation. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  8. ^ a b Thorn, John (November 4, 2011). "Baseball's Lost Chalice, Part 3". Our Game. MLBlogs Network. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
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