La Purissimas Club of Northwestern University

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Nick Name	La Purissimas
Earliest Known Date	1869
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Location	Evanston, IL, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	Northwestern fielded its first varsity baseball team, known as “La Purissimas” in 1869. NU's first baseball team in 1869 was nicknamed "La Purissimas," because, according to an alumnus quoted in the program's almanac: "They were the finest bunch of ball tossers in any part of the farming country adjacent to Chicago."
Sources	https://www.insidenu.com/2014/4/1/5908789/the-history-of-northwestern-in-major-league-baseball
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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