Tempest Club of Wilmington

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Nick Name	Tempest
Earliest Known Date	October 1867
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Location	Wilmington, IL, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The Wilmington Independent, Oct. 16, 1867: "Base Ball Fever has broke out here at last. We escaped it for a long time, but are at last victims. The following is the organization of the "Wilmington Base Ball Club;" President, Charles Bovee; Vice President, Galloway; Secretary, C. M. Breleford; Treasurer, E. Baker. Last Thursday morning the first nine of the Kankakee Base Ball Club stopped here on their way home from Morris, where they had attended a tournament, and challenged our first nine. The match was played on the grounds on the west side of the river...The score was Kankakee 59, Wilmington 16. Each team made 27 outs." Same, Nov. 13, 1867, and April 1, 1868, makes clear this Wilmington club was nicknamed the Tempest. Transcripts of these articles are at the Will County Historical Society.
Sources	The Wilmington Independent, Oct. 16, 1867, Nov. 13, 1867, April 1, 1868.
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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