Field and Leiter Club of Chicago

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Nick Name	Field and Leiter
Earliest Known Date	1870
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Location	Chicago, IL, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The Chicago Tribune, Nov. 26, 1870, reports that the Field & Leiter Wholesale nine played the "Volwarts" (? newspaper illegible here) club. The opposing club may be the "volevideers", another club of Field & Leiter employees. Marshall Field and Levi Leiter were partners in what was to become Chicago's biggest department store, Marshall Field's. According to Freedman's article on early Chicago baseball, Field & Leiter sponsored five different teams. Their silent partner, Potter Palmer, also sponsored a team. I've entered this as "Leiter & Field" because the system got confused by the word "Field" and tried to put this under the category ball field.
Sources	Chicago Tribune, Nov. 26, 1870
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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