Lone Star Club of Atlanta, IL

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Nick Name Lone Star
Earliest Known Date 1868
Location Atlanta, IL, United States
Nine Class Senior
Description

"Logan County. Atlanta, Aug. 10--Editor Pantagraph. Last Friday our base ball club went to Lincoln to play the Actives and were defeated by 31 to 19--A return match is to be played here today." Bloomington Pantagraph, Aug. 11, 1871.

This is probably the Lone Star Club of Atlanta, which lost 62-46 to the McLean club on July 4, 1868 in Atlanta. Same, July 8, 1868.

The Atlanta Argus, Aug. 287, 1870 reports that the "Atlantas" are to play the Mutuals of Lincoln.

Atlanta IL is between Bloomington and Lincoln.

Sources

Bloomington Pantagraph, July 8, 1868; Aug. 11, 1871.

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Atlanta, IL

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