St. Louis Fair Grounds

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Location	St. Louis, MO, United States
Modern Address	Fairgrounds Park
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Description	Site of the July 9, 1860 game. Games played there through 1868. Per Jeff Kittel: The Fair Grounds-“One of the earliest match games played was between the Cyclone and Morning Star Clubs on grounds just back of where now stands the amphitheatre in the Fair Grounds…” “The First Base Ball Match In St. Louis-The first regular game of base ball played in our city will come off between the members of the ‘Cyclone’ and ‘Morning Star’ Base Ball Clubs, on Monday, the 9th inst., at 4 o’clock, P.M., in the field immediately west of the Fair Grounds.” Notice played by Merritt Griswold in July 1860 in Daily Missouri Democrat Note: Matches were held west of the Fair Grounds as late as 1868 so we can say that baseball was played at the Fair Grounds from 1860 until at least 1868. The modern Fair Grounds are bound by Grand Ave. on the east, Kossuth on the north, Fair on the west, and Palm/115 on the south,
Sources	https://www.thisgameofgames.com/19th-century-st-louis-baseball-grounds.html
Comment	See also Flaspohler, "St. Louis Baseball History" Edit with form to add a comment
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Found by	Jeffrey Kittel
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice

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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1860-07-09	St. Louis		MO	Morning Star Club of St. Louis	Cyclone Club of St. Louis	49 - 24		Craig Waff