Lightfoots Club of Clarksville v Nashville Base Ball Club on 13 June 1870

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Date of Game Monday, June 13, 1870
Location Clarksville, TN, United States
Field  Add Field Page Lightfoot Base Ball Grounds
Home Team Lightfoots Club of Clarksville
Away Team Nashville Base Ball Club
Score 37 - 30
Description

"A match game of base ball was play on the Lightfoot Base Ball Grounds in this city on the 13th inst., between the Nashville Base Ball Club of Nashville and the Lightfoots of this place--in which the Lightfoots were the winners by a score of 37 to 30--the Nashville club were three men short, which deficiency was filled by supernumerary members of our club. The playing was very good and quite a crowd of ladies and gentlemen were present who seemed to enjoy the sport as much as the players."

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"No title." Clarksville Chronicle. 18 June, 1870: 3. Web, Chronicling America, 5 July 2014. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88061077/1870-06-18/ed-1/seq-3/

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Found by Christopher Ryland
Entered by Christopher Ryland
First in Location Clarksville, TN
Players Locality Local
Local-Origins Study Groups Tennessee Association of Vintage Base Ball



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