Daybreak Club of Jackson

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Nick Name	Daybreak Club of Jackson
Earliest Known Date	1860
Last Known Game
Location	Jackson, MI, United States
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Description	The Daybreak Club of Jackson is the first club listed in Jackson County MI in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003). Morris et al. "Baseball Pioneers' has a section on this club, which played 3 games in 1860. The 1863 Michigan State Directory, p. 358 says this club formed in 1860, and plays on the "old race ground, near western limits." Jackson MI (1860 pop. 5,000) is is about 70 miles W of Detroit and about 35 miles W of Ann Arbor MI.
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Comment	A 1937 newspaper article claimed that a baseball game was played in Jackson on July 4, 1845. No source for this is given. See Morris, "Baseball Fever," citing the Jackson Citizen Patriot, Sept. 19. 1937 Edit with form to add a comment
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Found by	Peter Morris
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Jackson, MI
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Entry Origin	Sabrpedia
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1860	1 Played	1 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied

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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1860-08-28	Detroit		MI	Daybreak Club of Jackson	Early Risers Club of Detroit	21 - 20		Craig Waff

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