Athletic Club of Keokuk

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Nick Name Athletics
Earliest Known Date 1867
Location Keokuk, IA, United States
Nine Class Senior
Description

"Then, late in the season of 1867, three ball clubs were organized at Keokuk; the "Pioneers," the "Gate Citys," and the "Athletics." " On August 14 the "Gate Citys" beat the "Warsaw, Illinois, Mutuals 49 to 46, only to have the Illionis team come back a week later and defeat them, 60 to 55."

Sources

"Baseball: The Story of Iowa's Early Innings," Annals of Iowa (1941) 625-654 at 633.

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice

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