Springfield Base Ball Club

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Nick Name	Springfield BBC
Earliest Known Date	Circa 1867
Last Known Game
Location	Springfield, MO, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	"The Springfield Base Ball Club challenges any nine players in Greene County [Springfield's county] to match their first nine in a game of base ball, and tenders to any such nine the use of their bats and grounds for practice" Missouri Weekly Patriot, June 27, 1867, page 3. Springfield Leader, May 16, June 6, 13, Aug. 15 (with box score), Dec. 5, 1867 of intersquad games.
Sources	The Springfield Base Ball club will play a match game next Monday afternoon. Lieut. Creighton will command one nine and Mr. I.H. Richards the other. -Springfield Leader, June 6, 1867
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Comment	The May 16, 1867 article says their practice grounds were south of Fort No. 2. Edit with form to add a comment
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Found by	Bruce Allardice, Jeffrey Kittel
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice, Jeffrey Kittel
First in Location	Springfield, MO
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Local-Origin Study Groups	Missouri Project
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