Capital BBC of Springfield IL

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Nick Name	Capital BBC
Earliest Known Date	Tuesday, May 15, 1866 (Foundation Date)
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Location	Springfield, IL, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	"Last evening" the Capital BBC was organized: W. A. Turney, president, Col. George H. Harlow, VP, and J. T. Pratt, Secretary. Named for the Capital Railway. Robert D. Sampson, "Fields of Battle: The Problem of Base Ball Playing Space in Post Civil War Illinois," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, vol. 110 Nos 3/4 (2017), 283-304, has a lot on this club and its members.
Sources	Springfield (IL) Daily Register, 5/16/1866. The paper's 5/21/1866 and 6/5/1866 editions note that "The first regular meeting of the Capital Base Ball Club will be held in the Supreme Court rooms in the state house."
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1866	3 Played	1 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied

Ballgames

Page	Date	City	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	Contributor
Ballgame	1866-07-27	Springfield	IL	Capital BBC of Springfield IL	Olympic BBC of Springfield IL	67 - 41	Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1866-08-17	Springfield	IL	Capital BBC of Springfield IL	National BBC of Springfield IL		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1866-10-11	Springfield	IL	Capital BBC of Springfield IL	Morgan BBC of Jacksonville		Bruce Allardice

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Players

Player	Years	Roles	Edit Association with Club
Colonel George H. Harlow		Initial Officer

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Playing Fields

Field	Years	Edit Association with Club
Capital Grounds, Springfield	1860s

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