Baseball Tournament The Philadelphia Athletics Baseball Club played the Washington Nationals Baseball Club on <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/319">the Ellipse</a>, just south of the White House, in a <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/370">special game</a> on August 28, 1865. Thousands of locals, including President Andrew Johnson and his family, paid the $1 fee to sit in the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/359">newly constructed stands</a> and watch the game. The Nationals were defeated 85-12. <em>Daily National Republican</em>, Second Edition. 08/29/1865 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1860-1889">1860-1889</a>