Club of Laporte

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Nick Name	Laporte
Earliest Known Date	1865
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Location	Laporte, IN, United States
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Description	The Elkhart Weekly Review, Aug. 19, 1865: "The Base Ball Match. The match game between the Laporte Base Ball Club, and the Star of the West, of Elkhart, came off on Thursday last [the 17th]" at Elkhart. Laporte won 98-28 in nine innings. Laporte IN (1860 pop. about 5,000; 1870 pop. about 6,500) is about 35 miles E of Gary and near Lake Michigan.
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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First in Location	Laporte, IN
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1865	1 Played	1 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied
1866	1 Played	1 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied

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Page	Date	City	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1865-08-17	Elkhart	IN	Club of Laporte	Star of the West Club of Elkhart	98 - 28	Elkhart, IN	Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-12-01	Laporte	IN	Club of Laporte	Club of Elkhart	24 - 18		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1866	Indianapolis	IN	Western Club of Indianapolis	Club of Laporte	21 - 49		Bruce Allardice

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