Club of Manteno

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Nick Name	Manteno
Earliest Known Date	1894
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Location	Manteno, IL, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The Joliet News Oct. 26, 1894 mentions the Manteno BBC. The Chicago Inter Ocean, Aug. 25, Sept. 3 and Oct. 3 1895 report on Chicago teams traveling to play a "crack" Manteno club. Manteno manager William C. Mellanson (1862-1942) offered to pay the expenses of Chicago clubs coming down to play Manteno. Baseball was probably played earlier in Manteno--though a search of of the Kankakee Gazette through 1876 yields no mention of such game. There's a hint from an "old timer" in 1887 that Manteno had baseball in 1870. See Kankakee, Grove City club entry. Manteno had 632 residents in 1880.
Sources	The Joliet News, Oct. 26, 1894; Chicago Inter Ocean, Aug. 25, Sept. 3 and Oct. 3 1895
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Manteno, IL
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