Bluff City Club of Elgin

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Nick Name	Bluff City
Earliest Known Date	Tuesday, July 28, 1874
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Location	Elgin, IL, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The Belvidere Standard, July 28, 1874: "Elgin has a club called the Bluff City." Chicago Inter Ocean July 27, 1875 has the box score of a game between the Liberty of Chicago and the Bluff City of Elgin, played Saturday at Elgin. Later on that year the Bluff City beat Bloomington in Chicago and claimed the state amateur championship. The Franklins of Chicago beat the Bluff City that October. Alft's Elgin has a photo of the 1875 Bluff City team. The Bluff City was the city's premier team at the time. Charles Comiskey pitched for the Bluff City in 1877. See the Elgin Daily News, Sept. 22, 24, 1877 Quickstep and Gail Borden BBCs are mentioned in 1876-77. See the Elgin Daily Times, May 26, Sept. 1, 1877; Elgin Advocate, Sept. 2, 1876
Sources	The Belvidere Standard, July 28, 1874
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Comment	The 1875 club photo is online at https://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/newgailbord01/id/2361/rec/7 Edit with form to add a comment
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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