Capitol City Club of Madison

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Nick Name

Capitol City

Earliest Known Date

1865

Location

Madison, WI, United States

Description

The Milwaukee Sentinel of Friday July 21, 1865, reported The Capitol and Madison base ball club had a game on Monday evening [July 17] in which the former came off victorious.

Milwaukee Sentinel of Thursday August 3, 1865: "A game of base ball Monday evening [July 31] at Madison, between the Madison and Capitol clubs resulted in a victory of the latter, as usual, but not by as great odds as common. The tallies stood Capitol 39, Madison 37.

We are unable to determine if these two 1865 games were old-fashioned games or played by New York rules.

The first match game found in 1866 was played under New York rules. On March 30, in Madison, the Capitol City Club played a match against the Milwaukee Cream City Club. Players were:

Cream City: Redington, McFadyn, Sweet, C. Smith, Kelly, West, Jackson, F. Smith and Larkin.
Capitol City: Fuller, Bates, Dorn, Hopkins, Fisher, Curtis, Reynolds, Dickson and McCormick.

The teams played 9 innings in 2 hours and 35 minutes.

Here is the inning by inning result:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Cream City	2	6	6	1	4	5	0	15	9	48
Capitol City	1	0	0	0	2	0	8	2	2	15

The Capital City Club of Madison WI is listed in Peverelly [1866] as a member of the National Association. It may well have formed earlier.

Comment

For a general overview of Madison baseball, see Jeff Sackman, "The Capital City Base Ball Club of Madison," online at http://www.jeffsackmann.com/pdfs/Sackmann-Early-Baseball-in-Madison.pdf

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Found by

Dennis Pajot

First in Location

Madison, WI

Entry Origin

Sabrpedia

Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

Warning: Users should not rely on a team's won-loss record as a reflection of its "standing" among all base ball clubs. Team schedules were not balanced, and a good record against mostly weak opponents does not signify a leading club.

Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1865	2 Played	1 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied

Ballgames

Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1865-07-13	Madison		WI	Capitol City Club of Madison	Madison BBC of Madison	58 - 33		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1865-07-17	Madison		WI	Capitol City Club of Madison	Club of Madison			Bob Tholkes

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