G. M. Moulton's nine v W. H. Reed's nine in 1891

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Date of Game	1891
Location	Matteson, IL, United States
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Field	Add Field Page Elliott's Park
Home Team	Add Club Page G. M. Moulton's nine
Away Team	Add Club Page W. H. Reed's nine
Score	15 - 10
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Innings	9
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Description	Matteson was incorporated in 1889. Around this time Elliott's Park (at the corner of modern Route 30 and Kedzie Avenue) became a fashionable amusement park and picnic grounds for Chicagoans. The Chicago Tribune, July 12, 1891, reporting on the annual picnic of Chicago Freemasons at Elliott's Park: "G. M. Moulton's scrub baseball team won the $50 prize from W. H. Reed's nine by a score of 15 to 10. The Woodlawn Park ball nine beat a picked nine 14 to 6..." According to Jaenicke's "Matteson" (2006), p. 73, organized baseball teams started in Matteson around 1910. In 1900 Matteson had a population of 449.
Sources	The Chicago Tribune, July 12, 1891
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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