Club of Ames

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Nick Name Ames
Earliest Known Date Friday, August 2, 1867
Location Ames, IA, United States
Nine Class Senior
Description

Payne's 1911 "History of Story County" p. 390 gives an account of the first match game played in Story County, with Ames defeating Nevada 66-55 at the "Old South Square." Says that baseball in the country started in 1867.

The Ames Daily Tribune, March 16, 1954, says that Ames' first baseball club was organized in 1877.

Sources

The Ames Daily Tribune, March 16, 1954

Payne's 1911 "History of Story County" p. 390

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Ames, IA

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