Club of Fort Cummings

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Nick Name Fort Cummings
Earliest Known Date December 1882
Location Fort Cummings, NM, United States
Nine Class Senior
Description

The "Army and Navy Journal," Dec. 23, 1882 reports on a game at Fort Cummings between the 13th Infantry (19) and the 4th Cavalry (8).

The El Paso Times, Sept. 11, 1883 prints a long letter from Silver City, which reports that the Silver City club will play Fort Cummings soon.

Fort Cummings was an army post 1863-86.

Sources

The El Paso Times, Sept. 11, 1883

The "Army and Navy Journal," Dec. 23, 1882.

"Fats, Slims, and Copper Leaguers: Early Baseball in Southwest New Mexico" by Susan Berry, Southern New Mexico Historical Review, Jan. 2001.

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Fort Cummings, NM

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