DuPage Club of Danby

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Nick Name DuPage
Earliest Known Date 1870
Location Danby, IL, United States
Modern Address Glen Ellyn
Nine Class Senior
Description

The Chicago Tribune, July 17, 1870 reports that "on Friday" the Baltics of Chicago defeated the DuPage club of Danby, at Danby, 31-25.

The DuPage club is described as the senior champions  of DuPage County. The article gives a box score. The players for the Danby team are: Brown, ss; Cooper, p [L.C. Cooper of the 1867 Rustics]; Kinney, 1b; C. C. Hills, 2b; Chas. Hills, 3b; Jones, lf; Spitzer, cf; Newton, c; and Dodge, rf. The Dupages are said to have treated the visitors in a "splendid" manner, putting them up at the best hotel "and taking them to a ball in the evening."

Sources

The Chicago Tribune, July 17, 1870

Comment

For a game with Naperville at Danby, see the Naperville Clarion July 27, 1870.

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice

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