Alert Club of Watseka

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Nick Name Alerts
Earliest Known Date 1876
Location Watseka, IL, United States
Nine Class Senior
Description

The Chicago Daily Inter Ocean, June 28, 1876: "The Fourth at Hoopeston... There will be ...a base ball match between the champion clubs of Watseka and Danville." The Chicago Tribune July 5, 1876 reported that the Alerts of Watseka beat the Brickbats of Danville 19 to 6 on the 4th.

Watseka (inc. 1865) had 1,551 residents in 1870. It was originally named Middleport.

Sources

The Chicago Daily Inter Ocean, June 28, 1876

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice

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